Perceptions of Registered Voters in South Africa on Whether The Country Should Align Its Foreign Policy with Russia and China and Against The West

Tentative Conclusions 

The data reveals a fairly even split of opinion. However, amongst black and ANC voters that split leans against the West, whilst for white, coloured, Indian and opposition voters it leans in favour of the West. The Foundation has been investigating the foreign policy perceptions of South African voters from various angles. One of the emerging findings is that voters are very open to suggestion. Where that suggestion is framed to indicate that a bias for or against the West may be either to South Africa’s benefit or to its disadvantage voter opinion tends to drift in the direction of that framing. What this suggests is that the foreign policy opinion market has yet to crystallize.