A LARGE percentage of prospective voters says it is being pushed to vote in the August 23 elections to register its displeasure over rampant corruption in the country, a new survey has shown.
This was revealed in the survey conducted last month by the Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe which covered the country’s 10 provinces.
During the survey, respondents were asked to give their opinions and reasons for voting.
“Overall, the survey found that 89% of the respondents selected electricity as the most important issue, followed by roads (77%) and State-related corruption (75%),” the report read.
“It is important to note that from the provided choices, 91% of the respondents selected ‘other’ meaning there were other reasons associated with their participation in elections besides the listed ones.
“Analysed by rural-urban cohorts, prices of goods (62%), roads (61%) and State-related corruption were significant drivers in rural areas, while in urban areas, ‘other’ factors (64%), electricity (53%) and education (45%) were the major drivers.”
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The respondents were further asked about the characteristics of the presidential candidate they would be voting for on August 2023.
“All the respondents (100%) say they will choose a candidate who would rule fairly and not corrupt; 91% say they will choose a charismatic candidate, while 38% say they will choose one representing their political views,” further read the survey report.
At least 98% of the respondents said they knew about the delimitation exercise.
“Thirty-three percent (33%) strongly disagreed with the delimitation process that led to boundary changes. 71% of the respondents indicated that they had not changed their residential addresses since the last harmonised elections conducted in 2018,” the reported added.
According to the report, 37% of the respondents said their main source of election information was television or radio, while 21% said they got information from people they interacted with.
Thirty-nine percent of the respondents said they trust information broadcast on radio and television over other sources of information.