Batswana 'okay' with one party dominance

The study conducted last year reports that a sizeable minority, however, believe it’s good for democracy if power changes hands via elections from time to time. A least 54% of the population does not worry if there is a change of hands while 44% feel otherwise.

The view that political power need not change hands is more common amongst citizens experiencing no lived poverty (59%), those with no formal education (58%), and men. It further indicates that large majorities believe that Botswana needs many political parties to ensure voter choice and that competition between political parties rarely or never leads to violent conflict.