Party support and voter behaviour in the Western Cape: Trends and patterns since 1994
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Date
2010
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Sabinet
Abstract
Since 1994 election outcomes in the Western Cape have been examined
through analyses of the ‘coloured vote’. These explanations, which are
premised on the racially based motivations of voters, feed into the choices,
rhetoric and behaviour of political parties. Besides inadvertently providing
justification for racially inflammatory campaign strategies they allow parties
to neglect their duty to give voters adequate information. In this article I
provide an overview of voting trends and the political developments which
have underpinned these patterns. I argue that it is not the nature of the
electorate but national political developments and political parties, through
their behaviour and campaigns, that are responsible for gains and losses and
for the dramatic political changes in the province.
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Party support, University of the Western Cape, Voter behaviour, Election, Political developments
Citation
Africa, C. (2010). Party support and voter behaviour in the Western Cape: Trends and patterns since 1994. Journal of African Elections,9 (2), 5-31