Strong policies will win polls over vote-buying ‘gifts’: Survey

THE latest Afrobarometer survey on the voting public has shown that Zimbabweans will vote for politicians that present strong policies rather than those that seek to “buy votes” through handouts.

But the latest Afrobarometer survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) states that a majority of citizens say they favour candidates from their own provinces, and their preferences are now along regional lines.

“More than eight in 10 Zimbabweans (83%) say they vote for candidates whose policies they agree with, rather than for candidates who give them gifts and money (33%) or belong to the same ethnic group (29%) or religious faith (20%).

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