Friday, January 11, 2013

Poll: Cord to win elections

Results of opinion polls done by Infotrak

By Joylene Sing'oei
An alliance that brings together Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Trade Minister Moses Wetangula, Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has been placed as the most popular coalition at 49 percent by an opinion poll carried out by Infotrak.
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and MP William Ruto's Jubilee alliance is second in popularity with 40 percent. United Democratic Front led by DPM Musalia Mudavadi comes a distance third with 3 percent in the latest opinion released on Friday.
The most popular presidential aspirant and their running mate are Raila-Kalonzo at 51 percent followed by Uhuru-Ruto at 39 percent,  Mudavadi 3 percent,  Kenneth-Tuju 3 percent, Karua 0.3 percent and Kiyiapi 0.1 percent.
Cord alliance enjoys the most support in North Eastern region with 85 percent followed by Nyanza region at 82 percent  while Jubilee alliance is leading in Central region at 85 percent followed by Rift Valley at 52 percent.
UDF most support is in Western region at 23 percent.
The poll showed that in regions considered to have swing votes, Coast is likely to remain Cord dominant if they increase impetus in their campaigns in the region. Currently they have 58 percent popularity.
 In Rift Valley, Jubilee will likely remain dominant if the alliance increaseses its’ impetus in campaigns to protect their popularity. Currently it has 52 percent.
For Nairobi, the two coalitions could eventually split the votes in half but the region is currently dominated by Cord.
Should a third force be formed, polls revealed that Kenyans preferred Musalia Mudavadi for President and  Peter Kenneth as running mate at 32 percent while 25.4 percent preferred Peter Kenneth for president and with Raphael Tuju as the running mate.

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