GhanaWeb Polls: Over 60% of respondents call for a third force in Ghana's politics

Majority of Ghanaians who took part in the poll conducted by GhanaWeb have called for a third force in Ghana's political phase.

The results from the poll which ask whether it is time for a third political force other than NPP and NDC had seen a total of 5,134 people partaking as at the time of filing this report.

Out of the total number, 3,205 people representing 62.43% opted for a third political force other than the NPP and NDC in the country.

However, 1,599 people who represent 31.15% voted against the option of having another political force in the country while 330 representing 6.43% were not either-or against the motion.

Below are some comments from the polls:

"The smaller parties are not ready for the presidential seat because when you hear them on air either they speak for the ruling party or the biggest opposition party, but not their party. even now some of them don't have party chairman before the presidential candidate. so till the time, they will make serious we will vote for them. Thank you."

Another user said, "A Third real political force with aim will cut the silly arguments which emerge from both Mahama camp and Akufo-Addo camp."





Results from this poll is only representative of participants and therefore can not be generalised.

Background

GhanaWeb launched its polls in May with the first question being: should the EC go ahead with the new register?

This poll question gained 141,132 responses in 48 hours and over 2,000 people commented under the poll expressing divergent views about the Electoral Commission and the new voters’ register.

The GhanaWeb Poll is an open-access poll that allows participants to self-select into participation. The results of the poll cannot be generalized, but are only representative of the participants of the poll.

The poll seeks to enable GhanaWeb readers to predict the opinions of Ghanaians on issues and decisions that affect the country.