General News of Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Source: ghanaelections.com

Mahama beats Akufo-Addo again in latest polls with 50.7% against 42.2%

NDC ahead in the December 7 elections, with 50.7% against 42.2% for the main opposition NPP. NDC ahead in the December 7 elections, with 50.7% against 42.2% for the main opposition NPP.

The last of the series of national polls conducted by a private market research company put NDC ahead in the December 7 elections, with 50.7% against 42.2% for the main opposition NPP.

A total of 2,927 respondents were contacted in about 60 constituencies across the country. This is the last one in the series of national polls conducted in the last 6 months to the elections.

The poll took the form of face to face personal interviews in respondents’ homes using a fully structured questionnaire. Data collection was done using mobile internet-enabled devices.

The selection of respondents for the survey was done using a Multi-Stage Random Sampling approach that guaranteed the selection of the final eligible respondent was done at the household level and without bias, giving all respondents equal chance of being included or excluded in the sample.

Sample allocation was done in proportion to the voters’ population in each region, subsequently, the number of constituencies selected in each region was based on the sample allocated to each region while ensuring that at least 50 interviews were conducted in each constituency.