\n
A
\nnational opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Local Government Studies
\n(ILGS) has anticipated a 67 per cent voter turnout in the upcoming December 17
\nreferendum that seeks to amend Article 55(3) of the Constitution to pave way
\nfor the sponsorship of candidates by political parties at the local level.<\/p>\n
The
\nstudy which was conducted between 6th and 11th November sampled 6,650 persons
\nout of the country\u2019s voter population of 16, 845,364.<\/p>\n
Interviews
\nwith participants selected through a purposive sampling method from 44 metropolitan,
\nmunicipal and districts showed that 4,358 (67%) would participate in the
\nreferendum while 1,139, representing 18 per cent, would not vote, while 15 per
\ncent, representing 997, remained undecided.<\/p>\n
Speaking
\nat the launch of a study report yesterday, the Director of the Institute, Dr.
\nNicholas Awortwi, said the process of selecting participants was based on
\nregional heterogeneity to reflect regional characteristics and trends for the
\npurpose of high accuracy in analysis.<\/p>\n
The
\nreport indicated that though 65.64 per cent of participants claimed to be aware
\nof the upcoming referendum, only 54 per cent could explain the \u2018nitty-gritty\u2019
\nof the referendum while 43 per cent misconstrued the referendum to mean the
\nelection of municipal, metropolitan, and district chief executives (MMDCEs).<\/p>\n
Extrapolation
\nbased on demographics showed middle aged group between 41 and 60 years,
\nemployed persons, voters with tertiary education and more males have high
\nawareness level about the referendum.<\/p>\n
On
\na regional basis, the report suggested that the three newly created regions,
\nSavannah, North East and Oti would have the highest expected voter
\nparticipation with 96 per cent, 93 per cent and 87 per cent, respectively.<\/p>\n
Dr.
\nAwortwi said the regions with lower expected turnouts included Greater Accra,
\nWestern North and Eastern with 50 per cent, 53 per cent and 54 per cent,
\nrespectively. <\/p>\n
The
\nstudy which was conducted before statements from the opposition National
\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) to suggest a\u00a0 \u2018No\u2019
\nvote showed that there would be high voter participation in strongholds of the NDC
\nreflected by 72 per cent as against 66 per cent in New
\nPatriotic Party (NPP) strongholds.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Among
\nthe 67 per cent of voters who would turn out to vote, 75 per cent represented
\nby 3,245 intend to vote \u2018Yes\u2019 while 539 representing 12 per cent opted for a \u2018No\u2019
\nvote, with 13 per cent\u00a0 represented by
\n566 of participants remaining undecided.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
The
\nreport has on a regional basis also identified Oti, Bono East and Ahafo as
\nregions with high \u2018Yes\u2019 votes of percentages 93, 92 and 84, respectively.<\/p>\n
On
\nthe other hand, the regions with lower \u2018Yes\u2019 vote include Northern, Central and
\nSavannah with percentages of 55, 66 and 68, respectively.<\/p>\n
Since
\nthe study was conducted prior to the public statement of the NDC and the latest
\n\u2018No\u2019 vote campaign from the National House of Chiefs which has sparked a
\n\u2018fight\u2019 among prominent chiefs, Dr. Awortwi has suggested the need to re-conduct
\nthe poll to measure how significant the recent happenings could change the
\noutcome of the referendum.<\/p>\n
By Issah Mohammed <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A national opinion poll conducted by the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) has anticipated a 67 per cent voter turnout in the upcoming December 17 referendum that seeks to amend Article 55(3) of the Constitution to pave way for the sponsorship of candidates by political parties at the local level. The study which was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":747434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-747433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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