Afrobarometer Survey 2012, Round 5
Ghana, 2012
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Q80a1-gha. Activities grassroots political party activists engaged in during election campaigns and elections? 1st response (Q80A1GHA)
Data file: gha_r5_data
Overview
Valid:
2400
Invalid:
-
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9999
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1070
End:
1073
Width:
4
Range:
1 - 9999
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
80A-GHA. In your opinion, which three main activities would you say grassroots political party activists (or foot soldiers) primarily engage themselves in during election campaigns and elections?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Explaining their party's plans, policies and programs during campaign | 527 |
22%
|
| 2 | Influencing electorates with material goods for their votes | 162 |
6.8%
|
| 3 | Selling their party's achievements to voters to secure their votes | 141 |
5.9%
|
| 4 | Mobilizing people to support their party during elections | 299 |
12.5%
|
| 5 | Conducting research and opinion polls for their parties | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 6 | Distributing party souvenirs (e.g. T-shirt, cap, scarf etc) to electorates | 124 |
5.2%
|
| 7 | Acting as bodyguards for party officials | 126 |
5.3%
|
| 8 | Disrupting electoral process at polling stations during elections | 38 |
1.6%
|
| 9 | Developing adverts and media campaign kits for their parties | 24 |
1%
|
| 10 | Moving from one polling station to another creating confusion during elections | 50 |
2.1%
|
| 11 | Snatching ballot boxes and destroying ballots | 37 |
1.5%
|
| 12 | Conveying electorates to polling stations during elections | 30 |
1.3%
|
| 13 | Intimidate voters at polling stations during elections | 39 |
1.6%
|
| 14 | Fighting with and brutalizing supporters of other parties | 98 |
4.1%
|
| 15 | Acting as party agents during elections | 143 |
6%
|
| 9995 | other | 13 |
0.5%
|
| 9998 | refused | 0 |
0%
|
| 9999 | Don't know | 499 |
20.8%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.