Opinion: Nigeria 2019: When Character Triumphs In Popular Electoral Choice, By Adewale Ajadi
The most distinctive dynamic of the 2019 elections seems to be focused on the character of the candidates, rather than their plans or platform. The voting results that took out, in both major parties, prominent people who had powers of incumbency, as well as substantial war chests are, in themselves, a most unique story of the elections of February 23.
The first of these was the apparent rural-urban divide. Voting patterns appeared to imply that electorates in urban areas, such as Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, tended towards the main challenger, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party . Even in PDP strongholds, electorates in rural areas tended towards the incumbent, President Buhari.
The most distinctive dynamic of the 2019 elections seems to be focused on the character of the candidates, rather than their plans or platform. The voting results that took out, in both major parties, prominent people who had powers of incumbency, as well as substantial war chests are, in themselves, a most unique story of the elections of February 23.
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