The chief whip says his party had only one message that appealed to the minorities.
Freedom Front Plus’ Western Cape leader and chief whip in Corne Mulder said on Thursday that the Democratic Alliance’s mistake was losing focus in its election campaign and lost voters in the process.“The DA became a victim of trying to be everything for everyone and then you lose focus and people moved away from them.”
He said in an interview shared by journalist Andi Makinana: “We simply said it’s time for a push back in terms of, we represent minorities and we said ‘We’re sick and tired of the minority being bullied in South Africa’ and we also reached out to other minorities, especially the so-called coloured community and brown community, and other minorities. We did get good support from that.
“The polling showed us way back that there is something happening on the ground and I have no doubt about that and we anticipated that this is going to be something positive for the FF Plus. Many people already then came spontaneously to us and told us ‘This time we’re going to vote for the FF Plus’ and that’s exactly what we’re seeing at the moment, obviously we’re quite happy and it’s a positive surprise.
The Freedom Front Plus were surprise contenders in the top-five race, having obtained more than 135,000 votes so far, but this could change as the counting and capturing process for two-thirds of voting districts was not yet complete. The party would nevertheless feel highly encouraged by the fact that it has grown from less than 1% to above 3% of the share during counting.
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