{"id":232714,"date":"2024-10-15T09:54:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T09:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/15\/mahama-widens-lead-over-bawumia-npp-faces-uphill-battle\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T09:54:29","slug":"mahama-widens-lead-over-bawumia-npp-faces-uphill-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/15\/mahama-widens-lead-over-bawumia-npp-faces-uphill-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama Widens Lead over Bawumia, NPP Faces Uphill Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In a detailed defence of the most recent Global InfoAnalytics telephone poll, pollster and Executive Director of the firm, Musa Dankwah, highlighted the significant challenges the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faces as it heads into the December 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The results, place former President John Dramani Mahama (JDM) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at 53.1%, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia (DMB) of the NPP at 39%, Alan Kyeremanten (AKK) at 1.7%, Nana Kwame Bediako (NKB) at 5.2%, and others at 1%, show a widening gap between the NDC and NPP, further amplifying concerns for the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p><button><span>See More<!-- --> <\/span><span>\u276f<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a detailed defence of the most recent Global InfoAnalytics telephone poll, pollster and Executive Director of the firm, Musa Dankwah, highlighted the significant challenges the New Patriotic Party (NPP) faces as it heads into the December 2024 general election. 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