Support for term limits is at one of the highest levels recorded in Africa and is strong across the political party spectrum. [...] Kenyans express some of the highest levels of support for term limits in Africa, and this view holds across the political and demographic spectrums. [...] Regional coordination of national partners in about 35 countries is provided by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. [...] Michigan State University, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Malawi provide technical support to the network. [...] Institute of Peace, the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation via the World Bank Think Africa Project, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the Open Society Foundations - Africa, Luminate, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Mastercard Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Union Commission, the World Bank Group, the Ministry o.
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Table of Contents
- Afrobarometer Dispatch No. 894 Daniel Iberi 1
- Summary 1
- Afrobarometer surveys 1
- Key findings 2
- Support for elections 2
- Figure 1 Support for democracy 2
- Figure 2 Views on elections as the best method for choosing leaders 3
- Support for presidential term limits 3
- Do your own analysis of Afrobarometer data on any question for any country and survey 3
- Figure 3 Views on presidential term limits 4
- Figure 4 Support for presidential term limits 4
- Figure 5 Views on presidential term limits 5
- Figure 6 Support for presidential term limits 6
- Conclusion 6
- References 7
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