The Executive Director of Global InfoAnalytics, Mussa Dankwah, says 65% of Ghanaians support President John Dramani Mahama’s decision not to seek a third term in the 2028 general elections.
The latest Global InfoAnalytics poll shows that 27% of respondents disagree with the President’s decision, while 8% have no opinion.
The findings are captured in a survey conducted between July 15 and 24, 2026, which serves as the baseline for a tracking exercise that Global InfoAnalytics intends to conduct periodically ahead of the 2028 general elections.
The poll follows President Mahama’s public declaration that he would not seek a third term, despite calls from some members and supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for him to contest the 2028 election.
Speaking in an interview with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV’s The Point of View on Wednesday, August 12, Mr Dankwah said the poll sought to determine whether Ghanaians supported the President’s decision.
Mr Dankwah said the response was “quite emphatic”, with 65% of respondents indicating that they supported or agreed with the President’s decision not to contest in the next election.
He said the poll, titled “JDM says he will not seek a 3rd Term – Do you agree/disagree with him?”, showed that 27% disagreed with the President’s position, while 8% had no opinion.
“He said publicly that he’s not going to contest. So we went out and asked people, do you support his decision not to contest for a third term?”
“65% of them said they support or they agree with him not to contest in the next election. About 27% said they disagree with him, and 8% did not have an opinion. So broadly, people support his own decision not to contest,” he stated.
Support for the President’s decision cut across political affiliations, with 76% of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters, 59% of NDC supporters and 69% of floating voters agreeing that he should not seek another term.
Among respondents who did not disclose their political affiliation, 56% agreed with the President’s decision, while 34% of supporters of other parties also backed his position.
Mr Dankwah, however, said the figures changed when respondents were asked whether they supported calls by some individuals for President Mahama to contest for a third term.
He said 50% of respondents rejected the calls, while 40% supported them, with the remainder having no opinion.
According to him, only 14% of NPP supporters backed the calls for President Mahama to contest, compared with 63% of NDC supporters.
Among floating voters, 30% supported the calls, while 24% of respondents who did not disclose their political affiliation and 34% of supporters of other parties backed the proposal.
Mr Dankwah attributed the relatively lower support for a third-term bid to President Mahama’s public declaration that he would not contest again, saying the statement had helped to calm the debate surrounding calls for him to seek another term.
