Religion and Voter Choice Homogeneity in the Nigerian Presidential Elections of the Fourth Republic

Nwankwo Cletus Famous ()
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Nwankwo Cletus Famous: Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Statistics, Politics and Policy, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-25

Abstract: This article examines the influence of religion on voter choice homogeneity (VCH) in the Nigerian presidential elections of the fourth republic (1999–2015). The result indicates that in the first two elections, religion did not have a significant impact on VCH but had increasing influence from 2011. Thus, compared with the 1999 and 2003 elections, the effect of faith in 2011 and 2015 elections was positive, but the impact of religion was highest in 2015, having a significant and robust effect on VCH. Thus, the paper demonstrates that impact of faith in the presidential elections in the fourth republic has strengthened over time. This finding is, however, put in the context of each election regarding the role of candidates’ popularity, party-identification, ethnicity, candidates’ performance, the number of candidates contesting the election and the position of prominent leaders of the different regions of the country. The paper demonstrates that placing the influence of religion on vote choice in the context of each election and place-specific manifestation of VCH is pertinent in understanding better how religion shapes voting behaviour in Nigeria.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1515/spp-2018-0010

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