{"id":4695,"date":"2024-04-09T12:22:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2024-04-09T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:22:53","slug":"global-infoanalytics-poll-sample-size-favours-npp-ndc-hassan-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=4695","title":{"rendered":"Global InfoAnalytics poll: Sample size favours NPP, NDC \u2013 Hassan Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The founder and leader of the All People\u2019s Congress (APC), Dr. Hassan Ayariga, has stated that the sample of 6,123 out of about 18 million Ghanaian voters used by\u00a0Global InfoAnalytics\u00a0favoured the two leading political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the recent polls, the flagbearer of the opposition NDC, John Dramani Mahama, leads Vice President Dr. Bawumia by nearly a 20 percent margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reacting to the poll results on&nbsp;<strong>TV3 New Day<\/strong>&nbsp;on Tuesday, April 9, the flagbearer of APC underscored that the poll \u201cis too early\u201d to confirm the choice of candidate for the Ghanaian voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI realised that they sampled 6,123 voters, we have over 28 million Ghanaian people with about 18 million voters register and then you go and sampled less than thousand, and then you want to use that and say these are the results of what is going to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClearly, it is going to favour certain political leaders and then work against certain political leaders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also raised concerns about the fact the poll adopted higher percentages of respondents in the strongholds of the NPP and NDC compared to other parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-c024d8bc195ede1cb95c3865ad37cc7d ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t5NkvFTrRAk?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you move to the strongholds of the NPP and you do over 18% of the people you are asking of this poll definitely you\u2019re going to get a lot of votes from that place. You go to the strongholds of the NDC and you do over 20% of the voters you\u2019re definitely going to get results coming from those places to favour the NDC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that \u201cif you go to Hassan Ayariga\u2019s stronghold, which is the Upper East, and you do two percent of that or less than one percent of that result, you\u2019re definitely not going to get enough of the people to favour Hassan Ayariga.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Global InfoAnalytics, in its latest polls, used four percent of respondents in the Upper East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Ayariga maintained that over 18 percent of respondents recorded for the two leading parties, the NPP and the NDC, leave the polls favouring the leaders of the parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leader of the APC further noted that majority of the political parties in this year\u2019s elections have yet to select running mates, adding that, the \u201ccampaign is yet to begin\u201d and that such polls can affect the mindset of party supporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me, these samples go in favour of certain political parties against [other parties] and it is an issue of mindset,\u201d said Dr. Ayariga, emphasizing that party supports will be discouraged by the news of their political party securing lower percentages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf I see that my party APC is there and then I don\u2019t see a proper percentage, you\u2019re discouraging a lot of particular people who will support a certain political party,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The founder and leader of the All People\u2019s Congress (APC), Dr. Hassan Ayariga, has stated that the sample of 6,123 out of about 18 million Ghanaian voters used by\u00a0Global InfoAnalytics\u00a0favoured the two leading political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). 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