ABSTRACT Determinants of electoral patterns and voter decisions in Ghanaian politics and in the politics of many other African countries have engaged the attention of many scholars. This paper, however, departs from conventional study of voter behaviour to specifically focus on swing voters and what informs their voting decisions on Parliamentary candidates. The study obtained primary data from a nationwide survey of 3,160 voters who have voted more than once over the period 1992–2016 but also voted in 2016. The descriptive and logistic regression results show that the ability to develop one’s locality, campaign message and human relation of the candidate were the key factors that influenced voters’ choices. The study demonstrates that the Ghanaian voter has defied what has been described as ‘ethnic census’ about African voting behaviour. Promoting the public good and having a good relationship with people were key factors that influenced the vote choice.

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加纳议会选举和民主巩固的剖析

摘要 在加纳政治和许多其他非洲国家的政治中，选举模式和选民决定的决定因素引起了许多学者的关注。然而，本文偏离了对选民行为的传统研究，特别关注摇摆选民以及他们对议会候选人的投票决定是什么。该研究从对 3,160 名在 1992 年至 2016 年期间多次投票但也在 2016 年投票的选民进行的全国性调查中获得原始数据。描述性和逻辑回归结果表明，发展一个人的地区、竞选信息和人际关系的能力候选人的身份是影响选民选择的关键因素。该研究表明，加纳选民无视所谓的关于非洲投票行为的“种族普查”。