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Gabriel Makin and Frans Cronje discuss the latest polling conducted by the Social Research Foundation with The Common Sense. They discuss The Common Sense's Election 2026 special report chart by chart: the national picture, Johannesburg, Tshwane and eThekwini, the favourability collapse around Cyril Ramaphosa, who the public want to replace him, what voters make of Phala Phala, immigration, and whether the GNU is working.