Ghanaians trust NPP to deliver on campaign promises – CDD survey reveals

Majority of Ghanaians have confidence in the Akufo-Addo-led administration to deliver on its campaign promises in the run-up to the 7 December election, a new survey findings reveal.

Conducted by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the pre-election survey concluded that: “The NPP enjoys a significant advantage (15 percentage points) over the NDC when it comes to public confidence in the ability to deliver on campaign promises.”

According to the findings, Ghanaians are also satisfied with the effective handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and other sectors by the government. The implementation of the free SHS programme had 85 percent approval ratings from Ghanaians, followed by the revamping of the National Health Insurance Scheme, 66 percent, fighting illegal small scale mining or ‘galamsey,’ 55 percent, one district, one factory, 48 percent and, the one village, one dam, 46 percent.

“Assessments of the performance of the Akufo-Addo/NPP government are broadly positive. They get particularly high grades for their handling of the COVID crisis, electricity, and education. The public is less impressed with the administration’s handling of inflation, bridging inequality, and curbing corruption,” the findings highlighted.

‘Skirt and blouse’ voting pattern

Touching on the 7 December elections, the survey revealed that 23 percent of Ghanaians are likely to vote ‘skirt and blouse’ (split-ticket voting). ‘Skirt and blouse’ voting is the practice of supporting a presidential candidate from one party and a member of parliament from another.

Speaking to Asaase News on the sidelines of the presentation, director for advocacy and policy at CDD-Ghana, Dr. Kojo Asante, said the findings reflect strong indicators for a credible election, but requires more work from political parties to win the trust of voters.

“It suggests that there are more people who might vote for a presidential candidate, but not a parliamentary candidate and vice versa. So that suggests that the parties should do more work if you feel your supporters are either hurt by a primary or something like that, maybe you need to do more engagements for some areas,” he stated.

He added: “The other findings that came out was that those who say they support smaller parties are more likely to do skirt and blouse, meaning they don’t have more confidence in their presidential or parliamentary candidate.”

Fred Dzakpata

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