Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana
Using micro-level data from three constituencies in Ghana, which are cases of high, average and low turnout respectively, I assess whether voters’ perceptions of the cost of voting (resource and time) can explain such variation in voter turnout. Results suggest that in Ghana, such individual percept...
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| description | Using micro-level data from three constituencies in Ghana, which are cases of high, average and low turnout respectively, I assess whether voters’ perceptions of the cost of voting (resource and time) can explain such variation in voter turnout. Results suggest that in Ghana, such individual perceptions of the cost associated with voting do not help in explaining variance in voter turnout at the constituency level: Across the different levels of turnout, there is little to no variance in voters’ perceptions. I find that the high positive perceptions of the electoral processes across high, average, and low turnout constituencies are not only due to the activities of the electoral management body but among others, the adjustments by citizens to the process based on their experiences from past elections.
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| spelling | doaj.art-df3fad157f5f42da872e0fe83f0f49c32024-04-17T11:01:14ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582020-12-0182Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in GhanaFortune Agbele0Bayreuth International Graduate School for African Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany,Using micro-level data from three constituencies in Ghana, which are cases of high, average and low turnout respectively, I assess whether voters’ perceptions of the cost of voting (resource and time) can explain such variation in voter turnout. Results suggest that in Ghana, such individual perceptions of the cost associated with voting do not help in explaining variance in voter turnout at the constituency level: Across the different levels of turnout, there is little to no variance in voters’ perceptions. I find that the high positive perceptions of the electoral processes across high, average, and low turnout constituencies are not only due to the activities of the electoral management body but among others, the adjustments by citizens to the process based on their experiences from past elections. https://195.113.118.27/modernafrica/article/view/193turnoutconstituenciesvarianceelectoral arrangementsGhana |
| spellingShingle | Fortune Agbele Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana Modern Africa turnout constituencies variance electoral arrangements Ghana |
| title | Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana |
| title_full | Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana |
| title_short | Electoral Arrangements and Turnout Variance at the Sub-National Level: Comparative Insights from Three Constituencies in Ghana |
| title_sort | electoral arrangements and turnout variance at the sub national level comparative insights from three constituencies in ghana |
| topic | turnout constituencies variance electoral arrangements Ghana |
| url | https://195.113.118.27/modernafrica/article/view/193 |
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