
We also found in the Ghanaian case that as expected clientelism is more likely where political competition is high. This leads us to hypothesize that citizens in "transitional democracies" often reason and behave as relatively "mature" democratic voters by consciously appraising the past performance of the promised policy programs of candidates and parties. Despite the significance of ethnicity among elites in Africa, voters are seemingly not influenced primarily by it. Based on a survey of voters in two recent elections in Ghana, one of the most surprising findings is that an overwhelming majority of the respondents do not vote based on clientelism, or due to ethnic or family ties but cast their ballots after evaluation of candidates and parties. Recognizing that much of the literature assumes African political behavior to be subsumed in ethnic ties and clientelism, we ask if individual voting behavior in Africa is driven by evaluative rationales based on retrospective or prospective judgments of the performance of parties or representatives, or by non-evaluative rationales characterized by clientelism and proxy voting. The power may be economic, political, or social.This article explores voting behavior in one of Africa's new democracies. Politics is the activity of exercising the power or we also can say the use of power is a political activity. We also can say that power and politics are the two sides of the coin. Creating public awareness in Local Level.


Based on the Laws made by Legislature, the state performs its activities. Legislative power is the potential of the legislative chamber to encourage or to make laws. Now, what is legislative power? The legislature is one of the most important organs of the state. Talking about Political power, there are generally 3 types of Political power. Political power is the capacity of the political entity to take interactive decisions which can influence the culture as well as a system of the society. To understand power and politics we have to understand political power as well as its impact. Power and Politics, are they Interrelated? Obviously yes, Different people have different opinions regarding the connection between power and politics.
