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- Title
To What Extent Did Ethnicity and Economic Issues Matter in the 2007 Disputed Kenyan Elections?
- Authors
Gutiérrez-Romero, Roxana
- Abstract
This article assesses the key factors that influenced the intention to vote in the 2007 presidential election in Kenya, using data from a survey and other external datasets. Ethnicity was found to be one of the main factors. However, access to private and public goods, poverty and differences in wealth across ethnic groups also mattered, depending on how the voter claimed to be self-identified. Those who self-identified in terms of their ethnicity were influenced the most by access to services such as schools, health clinics and police stations, evidence suggesting that voters use ethnicity as a proxy to gauge which candidates will give them greater access to services provided by the state.
- Subjects
KENYA; PRESIDENTIAL elections; ETHNICITY; KENYANS; SURVEYS; VOTERS; POVERTY
- Publication
Development Policy Review, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 3, p291
- ISSN
0950-6764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dpr.12008