An article in the government-controlled Herald today celebrated Mnangagwa\u2019s positive approval ratings from 2 Twitter polls run by Studio 7 Voice of America and ZimLive. Both polls showed that more than 51% of the votes approved of the direction that the president is taking the country.<\/p>\n
Some Twitter users have however accused the president\u2019s supporters of buying twitter votes (which apparently cost about $1 for a 100) to rig the polls.<\/p>\n
Here are some select social media reactions to the apparent Mnangagwa victory in the \u201cpolls\u201d:<\/p>\n
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The outcome of the poll!<\/p>\n
The people have spoken ??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f??\u200d\u2642\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/PhsDL96un7<\/p>\n
\u2014 mmatigari (@matigary) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
Paid twitter and their paid twitter polls never cease to amaze me.<\/p>\n
If you spent as much energy on building the country instead of propaganda and devising schemes to nick people\u2019s money, maybe this country would be somewhere.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Fadzayi Mahere ?? (@advocatemahere) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
Mnangagwa BUYS @Twitter approval ratings @HeraldZimbabwe 8 June 2019<\/p>\n
Shemu maningi!
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/tdzHKu2uqs pic.twitter.com\/kJT5qrgHtq<\/p>\n
\u2014 Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
This is desperation writ large. You rig an election, then a poll and then claim both prove your popularity in the face of monumental failure and policy delinquency. https:\/\/t.co\/vsjkAprLpR<\/p>\n
\u2014 David Coltart (@DavidColtart) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
The ZanuPF activist @TichZindoga masquerading as a journalist is not even embarrassed to put this in the front page . ? pic.twitter.com\/COHt7xu0zT<\/p>\n
\u2014 Privilege Makuvire (@privilege_mufc) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
Final results. 1,151 votes over 24 hours. An account with larger reach would have more. This is also highly likely impacted by what subjects an account typically tweets about. Also, an account with different political leanings would likely see a slight difference in the results. pic.twitter.com\/6M0PXxVujG<\/p>\n
\u2014 Wes Beal (@wesbeal) June 8, 2019<\/p>\n
This abnormal swing clearly tells us that Zanu PF has invested in internet trolls and bots with the sole aim of trying to change the narrative about their failing leader. Their only problem is that they peaked too early, and their methods are now known pic.twitter.com\/6ppc9ETFGe<\/p>\n
\u2014 Mduduzi Mathuthu (@Mathuthu) June 7, 2019<\/p>\n
The only person who can buy Twitter Votes is the person who started the poll.<\/p>\n
Zimbabweans must learn to research.<\/p>\n
Zanu PF didn’t start those Twitter polls & thus couldn’t rig it.@Mathuthu , @ProfJNMoyo , @advocatemahere , don’t embarrass yourself\u2026 Just shush<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An article in the government-controlled Herald today celebrated Mnangagwa\u2019s positive approval ratings from 2 Twitter polls run by Studio 7 Voice of America and ZimLive. Both polls showed that more than 51% of the votes approved of the direction that the president is taking the country. Some Twitter users have however accused the president\u2019s supporters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport"},"yoast_head":"\n