A pre-election survey by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) indicates that the EC boss, Jean Mensa, and her team have strong backing from Ghanaians despite constant flak.

The survey, which was conducted between September and October this year, saw Ghanaians rate Madam Jean Mensa at 68% approval, with a paltry 24% strongly disapproving of her work as EC Chair.

The report suggests that electorates believe they are in trustworthy hands as far as the conduct of the December 7 elections is concerned.

Methodology

Every adult citizen had an equal chance of being selected for the 2020 pre-election survey.

A national representative sample of 2,400 adult citizens was randomly sampled and distributed across regions and urban-rural areas in proportion to their share in the national adult population.

Face-to-face interviews were conducted in the language of the respondent’s choice (a standard English questionnaire was translated into Twi, Ewe, Ga, Dagbani and Dagaare).

A sample size of 2,400 yields a margin error of +/-2 percentage points at a 95% confidence level. Fieldwork (or data collection) for the 2020 pre-election survey was conducted.

Initiated in 2016, the CDD-Ghana pre-election survey is aimed at picking early warning signals by tracking citizens' opinion on the overall level of the country’s preparedness for elections; public confidence in the competence, integrity, and neutrality of election, relevant state and
quasi-state bodies; and voter behaviour, expectations, priorities, and potential turn-out.

The survey also helps isolate and identify voter concerns regarding election security, physical intimidation, violence, and perceived peacefulness of the political environment.