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Research outputs: ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
2016 The quest for 'three thirds' : the ANC's 2014 election campaign
This chapter examines the means by which the ANC utilises its discursive power, the power it derives through its political communications, i...
2016 What can the Electoral Commission of South Africa do to encourage you to vote in next year's election?: reponses to the question
A very specific objective of the study is to determine operational efficiency of the Electoral Commission. In order to do this, a set of clo...
2016 A vote of confidence: Election Satisfaction Survey (ESS) 2016
On 3rd of August 2016 the fifth local government election in contemporary South Africa took place and the Human Sciences Research Council (H...
2016 IEC Voter Participation Survey 2015/16: results
The IEC Voter Participation Survey (VPS) is a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey that was conducted by the Human Sciences Res...