Journalism of Courage
A survey has found some encouraging facts about Mizoram voters. All covered by the survey by the Mizoram People Forum (MPF) were literate,and 96% had passed high school or above while all respondents said they intend to vote in the assembly elections. About 87% felt there was some kind of security threat during elections they had voted in earlier.
Among those surveyed,99% possessed voter ID cards,and a handful of those who did not have one in the past recently misplaced them. About 56% were between 18 and 40 years old,while the recently released final electoral rolls showed more female voters than males in the state.
Three-fourths of those surveyed said candidates will be the most influencing factor for voting preference even as just 10% said their intention to cast votes is because they are party sympathizers. Turnout for assembly elections in Mizoram has been historically high and gradually increasing from 74% in 1987 to 82% in the last polls.
