The Underpinning Determinants of Voting Behavior: The Case of Sudan

• Authors: Abdu Mukhtar Musa

Abstracts

EN

This article tries to examine the underpinning determinants of voting behavior in Sudan. It adopts a descriptive method and an inter-disciplinary approach with empirical explanation to verify the hypothesis that “voting behavior in Sudan is a function of religious sectarianism and ethnicity more than other determinants, such as ideology, class or socio-economic status.” It discusses the interrelationship between voting behavior and other relevant concepts, such as political behavior, electoral behavior, and political culture. It explains how several determinants/factors converge on influencing the voting behavior. The article notes that the vigorous influence of ethnicity and religious sectarianism over the political behavior in Sudan resulted in apparently irrational voting behavior. These two determinants have marked the political behavior in Sudan since it regained independence in 1956. However, the Uprising of 2018 ushered in an emergence of a new conscious generation that might lead to a paradigm shift for political and voting behavior. The article proposes the adoption of Consociational democracy with proportional representation and parliamentary system to guarantee the representation of minorities and sustain a fair share of power and wealth to put an end to instability and wars. In the case of Sudan, it is advisable that more attention should be paid to the development of political culture and efficacious civic engagement in politics should be boosted to increase conscious political participation to pave the way for sustainable democracy.

Keywords

EN

voting behavior; electoral behavior; political behavior; political culture; ethnicity; religious sectarianism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: African Journal of Economics, Politics and Social Studies
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 2(1)
• Pages: 79-95

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Abdu Mukhtar Musa

• Omdurman Islamic University

• https://orcid.org/0000000259278344

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ajepss.2023.1.06

Biblioteka Nauki

18768205