Some Development Issues and Debates

Mfumusaka (www.mfumusaka.blogspot.com) Introduction ·         ·          Voter behaviour by Malawians is an interesting and complex phenomenon governed by a train of factors, some influential and others determinantal, with others as important in moderating the final result. An attempt to summarize these processes can be appreciated in Matchaya (2010) in the African Journal of Political Science and International relations that focuses on Africa political events and available at  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.902.7977&rep=rep1&type=pdf ·           ·         So, the fact that voters behaviour is influenced by many factors is something this analyst is aware of. ·           ·         ·          Thus, considering all these factors and the lag with which they change, the results in this year’s elections are likely to be a mirror image of 2014 and  2019 results but altered to the extent of the reconfiguration at present.  ·           ·   

Joseph Labukeni Manase "Now i see why people fail maths kkkkk...its because they dont revise past papers and examples :) ...plus they have no regard of theory and practice... Think about it.... 1. If the elections in 2019 were stolen from the red alliance partners, it is obvious that the numbers that were announced were biased downwards and so, the sum of the two in that alliance was more than the the revealed 2,800,000 (Chakwera plus Chilimas). 2 (a). It also is likely the case that the figures for the blues were below the 1,900 000 revealed . They cannot rig to their disadvantage- as a matter of common sense..... 2(b). The yellow partner may have scored either the 250,000 or slightly more. But here is the catch... 3. Even if the yellow was cheated, he was cheated by the blue because it is the blue which may have cheated. The implication is that the total votes for blue and yellow was likely the maximum 2,200 000 (just summing t