This document provides a summary of popular attitudes regarding the demand for and supply of democracy in Malawi as revealed over the course of four Afrobarometer surveys conducted between 1999 and 2008 (Nov.-Dec. 1999, N=1208; Apr.-May 2003, N=1200; June-July 2005, N=1200; October 2008, N=1200). Samples of this size yield a margin of error of +/- 3 percent at a confidence level of 95 percent. The charts that follow capture perceptions of:
- The meaning of democracy;
- The demand for democracy (including individual support for democracy, patience with democracy and rejection of military rule, one-party rule, and one-man rule);
- Support for democratic institutions (including attitudes towards elections, term limits, multiparty rule, and checks on presidential powers); and
- The supply of democracy (including satisfaction with democracy and the perceived extent of democracy, quality of elections and the protection of key freedoms).
Language
Keywords
Countries
Regions
Related content
Briefing paper
BP32: Give us a chance! Uncovering latent political participation among Malawians
Briefing paper
BP75: A country turning blue?: Political party support and the end of regionalism in Malawi
Dispatch
AD176: Malawians increasingly cautious about exercising right to ‘free’ political speech