Pollster, Ben Ephson who wrongly predicted Mahama’s victory over his main opponent, Nana Akufo-Addo in the 2016 polls has told the New Patriotic Party(NPP) that he’s not God for him to always get things right all the time.
“The NPP’s attitude towards this polling is worrying; they treat me as God, I feel humbled but I’m not God. If I’ve done five polls and I’ve got one wrong I should walk with my chest out” Ephson said on Kasapa FM Wednesday.
Ephson’s style of polling failed to accurately predict Ghana’s presidential election’s outcome as his tip, Incumbent John Mahama was massively defeated in the general elections held on December 7.
According to the poll, the governing National Democratic Candidate (NDC) presidential candidate was expected to garner 52.4 percent of the votes while his main rival Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would get 45.9 percent.
The other five presidential candidates, according to the forecast were not expected to even contribute more than 1.7 percent.
Following the defeat of President Mahama, there have been pressure mounting on him to apologize to the electorate for the wrongful prediction.
But Speaking on Kasapa FM, Ephson who is also the Managing Editor of the Dispatch newspaper said those calling for his head over what has been widely criticized as a deceptive polls are not serious.
Despite admitting to wrongful predictions, he insists he will only consider readjusting his method and move on.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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so you know you are not God ,he will punish u for your blind eye to corruption becos of nook fio .
Don't tickle yourself. No NPP person is treating you as God. Rather we all know full well that but for God intervention the NDC rigging machinery would have worked and the results would be close to why you predicted. You are always told the rigged results no you predict close to that. Shame Ben you have lost all the respect you once had. SHAME
Did you hear about the Anokye guy? He doesn't depend on projections. He uses the right tools to get the right results. Ephson, you are "GIGO"!
shame shame shame on you.
Stomach journalist, no wonder your belly is so huge
DO NOT KID YOURSELF, FAT BEN. YOU HAVE NEVER HAD ANY POLLS RIGHT OR CORRECT SINCE YOU GOT INTO BUSINESS. HAVING AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE AND BEING PART OF THE NDC ELECTION RIGGING MACHINE SINCE 1992 DOESN'T ACCORD YOU THE STATUS OF A GENIUS. I WILL BET MY LAST DOLLAR THAT FROM RAWLINGS MAHAMA, THE NDC HAVE ALWAYS HAD A RIGGING PLAN IN PLACE THAT THIS TIME THEY WERE NOT ABLE EXECUTE DUE TO THE VIGILANCE OF THE NPP AND CONCERNED GHANAIANS. SHAME UNTO YOU AND THE CORRUPT NDC ELECTION ***barred word***.......AGAIN, YOUR NDC HAS NEVER WON ANY CREDIBLE AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN GHANA, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Massa; Ben Epson !!!!!! SO YOU NOW KNOW YOU ARE NOT A GOD !!!!!!!!!! and that next try and put a disclaimer on research and STOP TAKING BRIBES !!!!!!; so why did you go and fake some polls to convince Jon Mahama and these NDC donkeys and rats to believe that they were on their way to VICTORY ; why did you dupe Jon Mahama upon the presentation of V8 from Jon Mahama a car you could never have bought in the your life time that were polls were correct ; the truth is that you knew Jon Mahama and the NDC will lose the elections woefully but you failed to tell them the truth but took the car as a gift just like Akua Donkor ; please CAN YOU RETURN THE V8 BACK !!!!!!to Jon Mahama as stolen item .
Shut your trap, NDC will come and collect their money and the car for lying to them, fat slob.
Such a bonfooonn. Coz of money you decided to poll out results that would be if the elections are rigged. U don't repent and continue helping the devil to torment Ghanaians! We r only waiting to see what your end will be like in this God--chosen land! Aboaafunuu
truth be told i dont trust the assertions by Ben Ephson. much as any pollster can get his polls wrong just like happened to polls on brexit and the hillary win, they did not deviat too much from thier statistical margin of error. for ben to predict a 54.2% for mahama as opposed to the almost 45% votes for mahama calls into very serious quetions the methodology used by ben in his polling. if you add this greviuos statistical error to his constant happing of divisions in the npp, then one has no choice but to be left with the impression that Ben had a personal agenda.