 As the city is so ethnically diverse, no single ethnic group forms a majority of the population of the city.Traditionally, the APC and the SLPP, two of the country's major political parties, have about equal support in the city.In the 2007 Sierra Leone Presidential election, the APC candidate and then main opposition leader, Ernest Bai Koroma, won just over 60% of the votes in the Western Area Urban District, including the city of Freetown, where almost the entire District population reside.