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Marketing Communication Strategies and Voters Behaviour in
Electioneering Process in Cross River State, Nigeria
By Jimmy Ogbidi, Glory Basil & Agnes Edem Bassey
University of Calabar
Abstract- The study investigated the relationship between marketing communication strategies
and voters’ behaviour in electioneering process, in Southern senatorial district of Cross River
State, Nigeria. The purpose was to determine the effect and relationship of marketing
communication strategies such as advertising, personal selling and relationship marketing in
electioneering process. The survey research design was employed for the study. The sample for
the study was 400 which was derived using the Taro Yamane’s formula of from a total number of
971, 470 Population from four local government areas (Calabar municipal, Calabar south,
Akpabuyo and Odukpani). The stratified and systematic sampling was then used to select 100
respondents from each of the four Local Government Areas, in the following Political parties All
Progressive Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party (LP).
Keywords: marketing communication strategies; advertising, personal selling, relationship
marketing, voters’ behaviour, and electioneering process.
GJMBR-A Classification: JEL Code: M10
MarketingCommunicationStrategiesandVotersBehaviourinElectioneeringProcessinCrossRiverStateNigeria
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Global Journal of Management and Business Research: A
Administration and Management
Volume 16 Issue 11 Version 1.0 Year 2016
Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal
Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA)
Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853