{"id":73117,"date":"2025-09-07T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/vitumbiko-mumba-on-the-rise-as-running-mate"},"modified":"2025-09-07T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:01:00","slug":"vitumbiko-mumba-on-the-rise-as-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/vitumbiko-mumba-on-the-rise-as-running-mate","title":{"rendered":"Vitumbiko Mumba on the Rise as Running Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Institute of Public Opinion and Research (IPOR) says Malawi Congress Party\u2019s running mate, Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba, is steadily gaining ground across the country since President Lazarus Chakwera picked him as his number two.<br \/>\nIPOR data also shows UTM\u2019s Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka is riding a wave of momentum, while DPP\u2019s Jane Ansah remains the most widely recognized name on the ballot.<br \/>\nStill, the survey reveals an important trend: 62% of Malawians say they would not change their vote even if they disliked a presidential candidate\u2019s choice of running mate.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, political rallies are attracting more Malawians than before\u2014attendance has jumped from 44% to 54% since the campaign kicked off.<br \/>\nBut political analyst Professor Michael Chasukwa has cautioned against reading too much into the crowds. He said some people go to rallies simply for entertainment, curiosity, or to see motorcades\u2014not necessarily out of political loyalty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The Institute of Public Opinion and Research (IPOR) says Malawi Congress Party\u2019s running mate, Engineer Vitumbiko Mumba, is steadily gaining ground across the country since President Lazarus Chakwera picked him as his number two. IPOR data also shows UTM\u2019s Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka is riding a wave of momentum, while DPP\u2019s Jane Ansah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":73116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-73117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"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>Vitumbiko Mumba on the Rise as Running Mate - Malawi<\/title>\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\/malawi\/all-news\/vitumbiko-mumba-on-the-rise-as-running-mate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vitumbiko Mumba on the Rise as Running Mate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. 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