TY - JOUR AU - Adebayo, Adeleke PY - 2016/03/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Strength of Ethnicity in Voting Behaviour in the 2015 Presidential Elections in Nigeria: The Case of Ibadan, Oyo State JF - International Journal of Fundamental Psychology and social Science JA - IJFPSS VL - 6 IS - 1 SE - DO - UR - https://fundamentaljournals.org/index.php/ijfpss/article/view/172 SP - 1-9 AB - <p>The resurgence of voting pattern along ethnic identities during the 2015 presidential election never took an average Nigerian<br>by surprise. The nature of Nigerian politics has always been premised on primordial factors that keep defining who gets what,<br>how and when. The paper examines the ethnic colouration in the voting pattern of Nigerians during the election. The paper<br>employs primordial theory of ethnicity to explain the strength of ethnicity in voting behaviour. The paper exploits qualitative<br>and quantitative components comprising questionnaire and content analysis of two dailies and review of literature as<br>secondary data. A sample size of one hundred respondents in Ibadan, Oyo State was analyzed on the considerations such as<br>ethnic identities: language, religion, region, and custom among those that participated during campaign, those that voted and<br>those that served as INEC officials. The findings showed that 86.4% of the respondents with Hausa ethnic identity and 72%<br>of the respondents with Igbo background agreed that some variables such as ethnicity and religion were strong factors that<br>influenced their voting behaviour in the election.</p> ER -