Open AccessThe Determinants of Voting Behaviour: Evidences from the 2015 Elections in Oyo State, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Christiana O. Ogbogu,
Jesutola A. Olaoye
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of public administration and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-7104
DOI - 10.5296/jpag.v7i2.11063
Subject(s) - voting , ideology , sustenance , democracy , political science , descriptive statistics , duty , state (computer science) , voting behavior , demographic economics , public administration , psychology , economics , politics , statistics , law , computer science , mathematics , algorithm
This study identified the determinants of voting behavior of electorates in the year 2015 general election in Oyo State, Nigeria. This was done with a view to ascertain whether gender, age and personal ideology affected the voting behavior of the electorates in the election process. The study which is a survey generated its primary data through the administration of questionnaire on 640 randomly selected electorates from 3 randomly selected local government in Oyo State, Nigeria. The retrieved data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics in the form of means, standard deviation, t-test and multiple regression.The results revealed that age (β = 0.158; t = 4.051; P 0.05) did not directly predict the voting behavior of the electorates. This implied that there was no significant difference between the voting behavior of the male and female electorates (t = -1.488; P >0.05).The study concluded that the Nigerian government needs to harness efforts in educating her citizenry on the essence of voting as a civic duty which should not be affected by age, or gender. This would improve the personal ideology of the electorates to the level that guarantees sustenance of democracy.