Data Catalog

Q16B - Q16b. Last national election: candidate or political party offer food, gift or money for vote

16B. During the last national election in 2014, how often, if ever, did a candidate or someone from a political party offer you something, like food, a gift, or money, in return for your vote?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q17A - Q17a. Last national election: votes not accurately counted

17. In the last national election in 2014, how often did each of the following things happen? - People’s votes were not accurately counted or not fairly reflected in the results?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q17B - Q17b. Last national election: people voted more than once

17. In the last national election in 2014, how often did each of the following things happen? - People voted more than once?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q17C - Q17c. Last national election: powerful people find out vote

17C. How likely do you think it is that powerful people can find out how you voted, even though there is supposed to be a secret ballot in this country?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q17D - Q17d. Last national election: fear political intimidation or violence

17D. During the last national election campaign in 2014, how much did you personally fear becoming a victim of political intimidation or violence?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q18A - Q18a. Last national election: police or soldiers assist people to cast ballot

18. During the last national election in 2014, did you witness: - Police or soldiers, rather than election officials, assisting some people to cast their ballot?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Q18B - Q18b. Last national election: security forces or political party intimidated voters

18. During the last national election in 2014, did you witness: - Anyone from the security forces or a political party trying to intimidate voters?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Q18C - Q18c. Last national election: announced results reflect counted results

18C. With regard to the last national election in 2014, to what extent do you think the results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission accurately reflected the actual results as counted?

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Q19A - Q19a. Government bans organizations vs. join any

Let’s talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2. Statement 1: The government should be able to ban any organisation that goes against its policies. Statement 2: We should be able to join any organisation, whether or not the government approves of it.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Q19B - Q19b. Newspapers free to publish vs. government control

Let’s talk for a moment about the kind of society you would like to have in this country. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2. Statement 1: The media should have the right to publish any views and ideas without government control. Statement 2: The government should have the right to prevent the media from publishing things that it disapproves of.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M

Q20A - Q20a. Reject one-party rule

20. There are many ways to govern a country. Would you disapprove or approve of the following alternatives? - Only one political party is allowed to stand for election and hold office.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q20B - Q20b. Reject military rule

20. There are many ways to govern a country. Would you disapprove or approve of the following alternatives? - The army comes in to govern the country.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q20C - Q20c. Reject one-man rule

20. There are many ways to govern a country. Would you disapprove or approve of the following alternatives? - Elections and Parliament are abolished so that the president can decide everything.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q21 - Q21. Support for democracy

21. Which of these three statements is closest to your own opinion? Statement 1: Democracy is preferable to any other kind of government. Statement 2: In some circumstances, a non-democratic government can be preferable. Statement 3: For someone like me, it doesn’t matter what kind of government we have.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

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Q22 - Q22. Govt gets things done vs. Govt accountable to citizens

22. Which of the following statements is closest to your view? Choose Statement 1 or Statement 2. Statement 1: It is more important to have a government that can get things done, even if we have no influence over what it does. Statement 2: It is more important for citizens to be able to hold government accountable, even if that means it makes decisions more slowly.

Afrobarometer Survey 2019, Round 8

Botswana - BWA_2019_AFB-R8_v01_M