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Research data: VOTING

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2014 The power of the ballot box: public attitudes towards the right to vote

As the nation celebrates the successful completion of the fifth national and provincial elections, it is important to reflect on how South A...

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2004 Women voters: more muscle than power?

This article looks at how significant the numbers of women voters are. To what extent are women a segment of these electorate in their own ...

1999 Democracy South Africa: evaluating the 1999 election

This text contains the results of extensive fieldwork undertaken throughout the period of South Africa's second multi-racial democratic elec...