As stated above, the question of Zanzibar being ‘sold’ to the mainland was an issue in pre-revolutionary Zanzibar. And if one remembers that the political parties were almost evenly divided, then one can assume that almost half of the Zanzibar population was already biased against the mainland even before the union.
Wadau wengi wa Ushirika wa kuvunja Muungano ndani ya CUF wanaamini ama hupenda kuwaaminisha Wazanzibari kuwa baada ya kuvunja Muungano tutaendelea kuwa na mahusiano ya kindugu kati ya Tanganyika na Zanzibar. Hili wakimaanisha kuwa Wazanzibari waliopo Tanganyika hawataathirika na biashara na maingiliano mengine ya kijamii yataendelea kuwa kama kawaida.