Voters Apathy and Revival of Genuine Political Participation in Nigeria
Abstract
Voters’ apathy has become increasingly serious globally indicative of the need to build a sustainable society with minimal voters apathy. The study investigates the causes of voters’ apathy .Questionnaires were distributed to 1,120 respondents. The mean age was 24.89, SD=1.70. The gender mean was 1.46 and occupation mean was 1.80. Result revealed that there exist a relationship between voter’s age, occupation and gender and voting in general (P=0.000).The age of voters, the occupation and gender are all significantly related to voters apathy. What could be done to revive genuine political participation was therefore discussed.Downloads
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2013-09-03
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Voters Apathy and Revival of Genuine Political Participation in Nigeria. (2013). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4(3), 439. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/495