The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) and government in particular, are seeing a wave of discontent and the temptation is often to dismiss this as depicting something wrong with those who complain. Afro- Barometer results could be dismissed offhand as musings of the thousand or so people sampled by the survey. But we all know the effectiveness of research methodologies and samples. Sampling is a purely acceptable way of gauging the 'feel' of your subjects.
The higher the number of those in the sample feel disenchanted; the higher the likelihood that most members of the population feel the same way. This is the reason surveys that are done with a properly representative sample and using acceptable research methods must never be taken lightly. Governments govern not for themselves but for the people and if studies seem to point to disenchantment, then governors must listen. Better still, commission their own studies to figure out if indeed people are not happy. If not, you may deny things until you lose power. Losing power can never be a nice thing for power brings its fair share of entitlements. Afro-Barometer has over the years developed a reputation for reliability across the continent, in fact, across the world.
