Reproducing toxic election campaigns: Negative campaigning and race-based politics in the Western Cape
| dc.contributor.author | Africa, Cherrel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-03T13:03:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-03T13:03:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The 2014 election in the Western Cape was once again a high-stakes, fiercely-contested affair. Political parties saw the Western Cape as an ‘open race’ and the province became the centre of vigorous campaign efforts in the lead-up to the election. The African National Congress (ANC), which had lost control of the province because its vote share dropped from 45% in 2004 to 32% in 2009, hoped to unseat the Democratic Alliance (DA), which had won in 2009 by a very narrow margin (51%). The ANC felt that it had done enough to regain control of the province, especially in light of deep-seated disillusionment in many communities and the violent protests that took place prior to the election.While the ANC maintained its support base, winning votes from 33% of the provincial electorate, the type of identity-based campaign it pursued combined with other factors to work to the DA’s advantage. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Africa, C. (2014). Reproducing toxic election campaigns: Negative campaigning and race-based politics in the Western Cape. Journal of African Elections,14(1), 124-148 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1609-4700 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/5830 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sabinet | en_US |
| dc.subject | Race relations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Toxic election campaigns | en_US |
| dc.subject | Negative campaigning | en_US |
| dc.subject | National based-politics | en_US |
| dc.title | Reproducing toxic election campaigns: Negative campaigning and race-based politics in the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |