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Ghana elections: swing voting is on the rise, shaping outcomes – a look at what’s driving this

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par John Taden, Assistant Professor, International Studies Division, Pepperdine University
Daniel Banini, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College
Kingsley Agormor, Associate Professor, Public Management and International Relations, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA)

Ghanaian elections have become much more challenging for politicians. In the past they have often been characterised as nothing more than an ethnic headcount. But since the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections, there’s been a growing share of swing voters.

We discovered this trend in a study, which corroborates others.

We define a swing voter as someone who has voted for a different party in the previous four presidential elections or one who has cast a…

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