changing racial demographics<\/a>, particularly in the Cape Town Metro, where the number of black Africans has now surpassed that of coloureds, questions arise about potential shifts in voting patterns.<\/p>\nExperts and political analysts, though, believe that such demographic changes may not necessarily translate into significant changes in voting behaviour.<\/p>\n
Professor Cherrel Africa from the University of the Western Cape suggests that challenges faced by both major parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC), could offset each other\u2019s electoral prospects.<\/p>\n
Africa says, \u201cThere are multiple scenarios because you will remember that in the run-up to the 2019 elections, there were also polls saying the DA would lose the majority and even in by-elections there was migration from the DA. But then when it came to it they did maintain their majority.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever at the same time, anger against the DA at provincial level cannot be discounted in the same way that anger against the ANC at national level cannot be discounted,\u201d adds Africa.<\/p>\n
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