Figure 10: Voting intentions in the parliamentary election | Zimbabwe | May-July 2018 100% 80% 60% 43% 40% 41% 30% 36% 25% 20% 20% 2% 3% 0% ZANU-PF MDC-T Refused/Don't Chamisa/Alliance know/Would not vote Early May 2018 Other parties Early July 2018 In what is proving to be a volatile contest, further swings are possible in the final weeks of the campaign. For example, even over two short months between early May and early July, the MDC made gains in support for parliamentary candidates whereas the ZANU-PF’s support stalled (or perhaps even dropped). Nevertheless, the MDC’s upward trajectory was not helped by a contentious party primary season in May 2018. In the opinion of ordinary citizens, the primary elections of both parties fell short of “free and fair” standards; only minorities felt that primaries conducted by the ZANU-PF (44%) and the MDC-T Chamisa (33%) passed muster in this regard (Figure 11). Figure 11: Assessment of primary elections | Zimbabwe | July 2018 100% 80% 60% 44% 40% 48% 40% 33% 19% 15% 20% 0% ZANU-PF MDC-T Chamisa Free and fair (completely or with minor problems) Free and fair with major problems/Not free and fair Don't know/Don't understand the question Copyright ©2018 10