{"id":84543,"date":"2025-08-22T07:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race"},"modified":"2025-08-22T07:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T07:16:43","slug":"survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race","title":{"rendered":"Survey Reveals Early Projections for 2026 Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A new opinion survey sanctioned by Gambia Participates and conducted by Cepress has shed light on the potential outcome of The Gambia\u2019s 2026 presidential election. The findings, released today, place incumbent President Adama Barrow ahead with 31% support among respondents.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trailing behind is Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, who secured 18%, followed by veteran opposition leader ANM Ousainu Darboe with 12%. Former Truth Commission lead counsel Essa Mbye Faal registered 3%, while other potential candidates collectively garnered another 3%.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, a significant 29% of respondents remain undecided, highlighting the fluidity of voter sentiment as the country edges closer to the 2026 polls.<\/p>\n<p>The results underscore both the incumbent\u2019s current advantage and the growing influence of emerging political figures, while also signaling a potentially competitive race should the undecided bloc consolidate behind an alternative candidate.<\/p>\n<p>These are the standings according to the Cepress survey.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Adama Barrow: 31%<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Talib Ahmed Bensouda: 18%<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 ANM Ousainu Darboe: 12%<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Essa Mbye Faal: 3%<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Other candidates: 3%<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Undecided: 29%<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. A new opinion survey sanctioned by Gambia Participates and conducted by Cepress has shed light on the potential outcome of The Gambia\u2019s 2026 presidential election. The findings, released today, place incumbent President Adama Barrow ahead with 31% support among respondents. Trailing behind is Talib Ahmed Bensouda, Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Survey Reveals Early Projections for 2026 Presidential Race - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new opinion survey sanctioned by Gambia Participates and conducted by Cepress has shed light on the potential outco ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Survey Reveals Early Projections for 2026 Presidential Race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new opinion survey sanctioned by Gambia Participates and conducted by Cepress has shed light on the potential outco ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T07:09:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T07:16:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755834292.876928.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Survey Reveals Early Projections for 2026 Presidential Race\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-22T07:09:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-22T07:16:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755834292.876928.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/survey-reveals-early-projections-for-2026-presidential-race\",\"name\":\"Survey Reveals Early Projections for 2026 Presidential Race - 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