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Electoral participation in African democracies: the impact of individual and contextual factors
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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:13 authored by Elvis TambeThis paper addresses the question of how electoral participation at the individual level is affected by various political and sociological factors in new democracies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Relying on Afrobarometer (Round 5) data, the study examines the determinants of voting for over 12,000 voting aged individuals in eight countries. Findings confirm the importance of individual characteristics such as age, associational networks, discussing politics, party identification, religiosity, trust and satisfaction with democracy in predicting turnout at the individual level. But more importantly, the addition of contextual factors significantly improves the individual-level model predicting vote choice in these democracies.
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Commonwealth & Comparative PoliticsISSN
1466-2043Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
55Page range
119-140Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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2017-02-17First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-08-06First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2017-02-17Usage metrics
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