Attitude of voters towards elections in Morogoro municipality: a reflection on 2015 general election in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMuhanga, M
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T11:19:53Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T11:19:53Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-22
dc.descriptionA journal article published in: Journal of Public Policy and Administration 2017; 1(2): 56-64en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the attitudes of voters towards elections in Tanzania following an observed trend of having a great proportion of registered voters who did not vote in the General Elections in 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015 respectively. The study out of which this paper is based on aimed at assessing the voters’ attitudes towards election and their perception on the importance of participating in election in Morogoro municipality, an electoral constituent which recorded voters turn out of 34.6% below the national turnout of 42.8% in 2010 General Election. A cross- sectional study design and multistage sampling techniques were employed; data were collected using a questionnaire through Computer Aided Personal Interviewing [CAPI] platform from proportionate number of male and female respondents from four randomly selected wards from Morogoro urban in Morogoro region. A total of 14 Likert scale statements were used to assess the attitudes of voters towards elections. Cross tabulation was employed to associate attitudes with other variables. Statistical Package for Social Sciences [SPSS] computer software was used for data processing and analysis. The findings reveal that the minimum and maximum Total Attitudinal Scores were 39.0 and 56.0 respectively with mean at 44.2 and Std. Deviation of 4.01. The study findings show that the overall respondents’ attitude towards elections was negative, with 60% of the respondents scoring less than 44.2 points out of 70, whereas 40% had positive attitude whereby they scored 44.2 points and above. The results show that 73% of the respondents perceived participating in election was important. It is recommended that initiatives should be taken to cultivate positive attitudes of citizens to motivate them to turn out to vote.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMikidadi Muhanga. Attitude of Voters Towards Elections in Morogoro Municipality: A Reflection on 2015 General Election in Tanzania. Journal of Public Policy and Administration. Vol. 1, No. 2, 2017, pp. 56-64. doi: 10.11648/j.jppa.20170102.12en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2761
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScience Publishing Groupen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScience Publishing Group;2
dc.subjectVoters Attitudesen_US
dc.subjectTanzania 2015 General Electionen_US
dc.subjectSociological Approachen_US
dc.subjectParty Identification Modelen_US
dc.subjectRational Choice Approachen_US
dc.subjectMorogoro-Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titleAttitude of voters towards elections in Morogoro municipality: a reflection on 2015 general election in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/jppa doi: 10.11648/j.jppa.20170102.12en_US

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