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Source: Getty
Results from pre-election survey on the priorities of Indian voters debunk common myths about trends in Indian elections.
Source: Bloomberg TV’s Political Capital
The nonprofit Lok Foundation has carried out a multi-year survey of 65,000 households, aimed at understanding the social and political changes under way in India right now. Carnegie’s Milan Vaishnav spoke to Bloomberg TV, saying that that data reveals a number of common misperceptions about Indian voting trends. For example, he explaiend that the data shows that it is a myth that bad economics are rewarded by the voter.
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