Executive Director and Head of Polling at Global Info Analytics, Dr. Musah Dankwah, says Kennedy Agyapong has emerged as the poster boy for the anti-establishment movement in the run-up to the NPP presidential primaries on November 4.
According to him, his “showdown” comment on the day of the super delegates’ conference presented him as a formidable candidate to challenge the vice president, Dr. Bawumia, whom many have described as the establishment candidate.
This, he said, may have also informed Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s decision to withdraw from the race.
He explained that following Ken Agyapong’s outburst, some supporters of Alan shifted their loyalties towards Ken who they believe would put up a better fight as against the soft spoken Alan.
“Now on the day of the super delegates’ election, I think when Kennedy Agyapong made that statement about showdown, that moment, the race was fundamentally altered. And how was it altered? It was altered in the sense that a lot of people who doubted Kennedy Agyapong suddenly had belief in him.
“And people who were previously for Alan began to gravitate towards Kennedy. From that point, I think Kennedy became the poster boy of the anti-establishment compared to Alan who people thought he was going to be the main challenger to the establishment,” he said on Top Story.
Dr. Dankwah said had Alan gone ahead to contest in the November 4 polls, he would not have succeeded as some have suggested.
“What we have seen is the clear evidence that people were now moving from Alan to Ken, and they were moving in droves. And probably beside the additional reasons he gave the polling numbers could have also informed him.
“I don’t know if he has done a private poll to give him a hint of what might be going on. And probably he realised that if he should stay in the race it will probably be much easier for Bawumia to win than if he withdraws,” he said.
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