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Claim: Former Vice President Jewel Taylor claimed that the former ruling “CDC lost the election by 17,000 votes.”
Verdict: Misleading! NEC results show that the CDC lost the election by 20,567 votes.
Full Text
Former Liberian Vice President Jewel Taylor has rebutted claims that the former ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) was defeated in the 2023 elections because Liberians were disappointed in them.
Discussing a wide range of national issues on a late-night political show, former Vice President Taylor said they lost the elections by a small margin, which meant many Liberians supported their administration.
The first female vice president of Liberia said, “CDC lost the election by 17,000 votes,” showing that not many Liberians were annoyed with them.
She can be heard from 1:54:39 to 1:54:43 of the show.
As of this report, the programme had attracted 6.9k comments, 1.5k reactions, and 454 shares. DUBAWA verified the former Liberian vice president’s claim as part of its campaign against misinformation.
Verification
DUBAWA searched through the 2023 runoff presidential election results announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC).
The results showed that President Joseph Boakai accumulated 814,481 total votes, constituting 50.64%, while his predecessor, George Weah, got 793,914 votes, constituting 49.36%.
Weah lost with a margin of 20,567 of the 1,608,395 total valid votes cast.
Conclusion
Former Vice President Taylor’s claim that the CDC lost the 2023 elections by 17,000 votes is misleading.
