(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Nigeria’s centrist People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is the most popular political organization in the country, according to a poll by Practical Sampling International, Michigan State University and Afrobarometer. 26 per cent of respondents would vote for the PDP candidate in the next presidential election.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Nigeria’s centrist People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is the most popular political organization in the country, according to a poll by Practical Sampling International, Michigan State University and Afrobarometer. 26 per cent of respondents would vote for the PDP candidate in the next presidential election.
A candidate running with the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) would be second with 20 per cent, followed by one from the Action Congress (AC) with 10 per cent. Support is lower for candidates representing the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), and the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP).
Nigeria held a presidential election in April 2007. Final results granted victory to the PDP’s Umaru Yar’Adua with 68.9 per cent of all cast ballots. The ANPP’s Muhammadu Buhari came second with 18.7 per cent.
On May 19, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, former governor of the state of Lagos and current chairman of the Action Party of Nigeria (APN), criticized the president’s leadership, saying, "The Yar’Adua administration does not seem ready to govern. Although, the president is a nice person, but you can see that the problems are beyond him. (…) He does not have the political machine with which to govern. He is on a wrong journey."
Polling Data
If a presidential election were held tomorrow, which party’s candidate would you vote for?
|
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) |
26% |
|
All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) |
20% |
|
Action Congress (AC) |
10% |
|
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) |
2% |
|
Alliance for Democracy (AD) |
1% |
|
Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) |
1% |
|
Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) |
1% |
Source: Practical Sampling International / Michigan State University / Afrobarometer
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 2,324 Nigerian adults, conducted from May 13 to May 25, 2008. Margin of error is 2 per cent.
