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How Elections Can Shape Long-Term Political Views: Lessons from the 2005 Ethiopian National Election

Megatrends Working Paper 2025 18, 25.02.2025, 17 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025MTA-WP18

Ethiopia has never had a national election as contested as the one in 2005. Afrobarometer data show the long-term effects of this event, such as the former youth's embrace of national rather than ethnic identities or a preference for geographically based federalism.