VOlUME 05 ISSUE 08 AUGUST 2022
1Andy Anim,2Grace Ama Agyeibea,3Emmanuel Amankwa Amoateng,4Efia Agyakoah Boakye,5Barbara Frimpong
1,2,3,4,5Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, PMB 40 Ghana
1ORCID ID : 0000-0001-7561-6836
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v5-i8-51Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
Voter turnout and unemployment are major concerns in the world. The research studied how unemployment impacts voter turnout by engaging the people of some selected areas of the Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In this study, the voting patterns of electorates were examined, with the topic of unemployment receiving the greatest attention. The Asokwa constituency in Ghana's Ashanti Region was the focus of the research, which examined how unemployment affects voting behavior. With 150 people as the sample, questionnaires and oral interviews were used in the data collection process to gather the necessary data for the study. The results showed that ethnicity plays a role in voting turnout, albeit its impact is less pronounced than that of unemployment. However, it does affect voting participation to a lesser extent than unemployment. The outcomes were shown graphically to explain the data. In order to combat voter indifference, recommendations and conclusions were made to advice that voters should pay greater attention to the other components of the possible government's manifesto. Additionally, the administration was asked to do its best to keep the promises it made throughout the campaign. Finally, the electorate were urged to actively participate in political activities in order to enhance the nation's excellent governance.
KEYWORDS:Elections, unemployment, political-party, turnout
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