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ANALYSIS: How Nigeria’s undecided voters can change the country’s fate at the polls | TheCable
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It is less than 24 hours to Nigeria’s presidential election and Yakubu Isa, a resident of Abuja, the country’s capital, is still unsure of who to vote for. He said all the political candidates are cut from the same cloth and it doesn’t really matter who wins.

Although he admitted that some are better than the rest, he said seeing past the disguise is the true challenge.

According to a recent ANAP poll, Isa is one of Nigeria’s 23% undecided voters. Undecided voters are people who are less engaged with politics and have more ambiguous feelings about the electoral process. 

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Some may argue that this fraction seems insignificant as results would still be determined by whatever number of votes cast. But in a tight race where the vote margin is so small, those extra numbers could be the light at the end of a dark tunnel for a presidential hopeful.

In another poll by @Bloomberg, the percentage of undecided voters hover between 17% and 45%, depending on whether we add those who refuse to reveal their candidates of choice or not.

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Most of the people who fall within this bracket tend to be either first-time voters or young voters who ironically make up a large percentage of the eligible voting population.

Typical of every election cycle, hope is renewed and minds are made up to rid the country of failed systems and elect new leaders with the national interest at heart. Yet, for the past two elections, voter turnout has been consistently low.

According to the Situation Room, at 46.07%, the turnout for the 2015 presidential election was the lowest since 1979. In 2019, the percentage dropped to 35.66 % with a total of 84 million registered voters and a turnout of 28.6 million.

The north-west had the highest turnout in the election which President Muhammadu Buhari won. Click for more 👉🏾 thecable.ng/analysis-how-n…

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