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Dr. George Kwaku Ofosu – An Associate Member of the DDC who conducted the research
Voters in Ghana are twice as likely to vote for parliament candidates for infrastructure development as they are for those who promise financial support to individuals, a study found.
According to the study conducted by a collaborator of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Dr. George Kwaku Ofosu, another key indicator for the selection of citizen candidates was a candidate ready to hold regular meetings within from the community. listen to citizens' concerns and report on parliamentary issues.
Research has also shown that applicants who offer to attend or financially support social events such as funerals, religious events and traditional festivals, or who help deal with government bureaucracy or provide public employment to the people are more likely to be voted than those who do not.
Conducted between November and December 2018, the research provides a systematic badysis of the different types of constituency services that influence voter choice and whether the effects differ according to partisanship and the electoral framework.
The results of the research showed that some constituency services were more important to voters than others.
Results
Presenting some of the findings of a forum organized by the Ghana-CDD in Accra, Dr. Ofosu stated that the profession and gender of a parliamentary candidate had no effect on their chances of success. 39 to be elected by the electors.
"Living and living in the riding is better, and male and female candidates are also preferred," he said.
Dr. Ofosu said the research also found that citizens were about 13% more likely to choose a candidate who had committed to spending the majority of the MP's Commonwealth Fund on public infrastructure compared to a another who planned to use some (or none) of the fund for this purpose.
"In contrast, voters were only seven percentage points more likely to choose a politician who pledged to spend the majority of the funds to provide private benefits compared to the one who plans to spend money. use only a little (or no) funds for this purpose, "he said.
According to the research, Dr. Ofosu said that the likelihood that citizens will choose a candidate as a deputy "decreases by about six percentage points when the aspirant only promises annual meetings".
"Candidates who sometimes promise (half of the time) or always help voters cope with government bureaucracy or find a public job have 7.2 and 10.2 percentage points respectively" 39 be preferred only those who will do it on average, "he said.
Ofosu said that outgoing party candidates had a 3.2 percentage point preference over other counterparts.
There was also an badysis to determine whether such affiliation in terms of affiliation to a titling party vis-à-vis the type of constituency had any effect. This aspect concerned the provision of public infrastructure and private financial transfers and related issues.
Analysis
Making an badysis based on the results of the research, he said in competitive electoral contexts, the promise of public infrastructure "has a great influence among the supporters and non-co-proponents of the candidate".
"In non-competitive contexts, the promise of public infrastructure is only effective for supporters of separate constituencies," he added.
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