DA mal

Strictly partisan commentary on politics in Cape Town and South Africa.
Focus on practical means to win elections for the Democratic Alliance.
Please: no racist or manic anti-DA rants.

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Glossary


  • Anti: describing voters who will vote for a party other than the DA

  • Canvas: the campaign waged after the election date is set to discover to discover known supporters

  • D: Doubtful, describing voters whose voting intentions are unlikely to support the DA

  • DM: Doubtful Minus, describing voters who we do not expect will vote for the DA

  • DP: Doubtful Plus, describing voters who we expect will vote for the DA

  • F: For, describing voters who will support the DA

  • Get Out The Vote: the campaign waged on election day to turn out known supporters at the polls

  • GOTV: Get Out The Vote (qv)

  • I/E: Ineffective, describing voters who can no longer vote; for example, they are dead or not in the country

  • Polling station: a place where voters can cast their votes

  • VD: Voting District (qv)

  • Voting District: the geographical area whose residents vote at a given polling station (qv)

  • WV: Won't Vote, describing voters who will not vote for anyone