An aide to New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the Vice President’s strength lies in a base that is “static and stable,” a factor he says has widened the gap between him and his closest rivals.

Dennis Miracles Aboagye, speaking on Channel One TV on Sunday, said the entry of Dr Bryan Acheampong into the race did not surprise the Bawumia camp and did not erode his support.

He explained that voting behaviour within the NPP is shaped by fixed ideological groupings rather than personalities.

“Anybody who has followed the NPP and pays close attention to the NPP, you realise that the NPP has an existing system within the party,” he said.

According to him, party members often move in blocs at the constituency and polling station levels.

“You would always find some seven people who always think alike and move together and act together,” he said.

Mr Aboagye said this internal structure meant Dr Acheampong’s entry was always likely to hurt Kennedy Agyapong more than Dr Bawumia.

“We always knew that Bryan Acheampong's entering into the race was surely going to hurt Kennedy Agyapong more than Dr Bawumia,” he said.

He described Dr Bawumia’s supporters as largely immovable.

“The Bawumia supporters are more static. They are a bit more stable than the other candidates,” he said.

He argued that Kennedy Agyapong’s support base was less fixed, especially after Alan Kyerematen exited the party in 2023. “They all consolidated around him,” he said.

With Dr Acheampong offering an alternative, that bloc split. “You could see them splitting,” he said.

Mr Aboagye said the effect was clear in the results. “That split was very obvious from the polls,” he said.

He noted that Dr Bawumia’s margin over the runner-up has now widened.

“The difference between him and the second-place person has moved to 33 per cent if you compare to 2023,” he said.

Dr Bawumia won the NPP flagbearer race with 56.48 per cent of the vote, securing the party’s ticket for the 2028 elections. Former Assin Central MP Kennedy Agyapong placed second with 23.76 per cent.