The bar charts illustrate the reasons why students across two age categories elected for a specific canditate to be their school representative, with the figures presented in percentages.
Overall, the majority of students aged 18-22 voted for candidates to be their school representatives because they were easy to talk to, while students between 23 and 50 mainly elected for a someone due to his/her reliability during school rep election. Notably, the fewest learners in both groups elected candidate to be school representitive because of his/her knowledge about local traditions.
In detail, 32% of learners aged 18 to 22 voted a someone to be their school representative since they were approachable, whereas it was 22% of learners aged 23-50 in this regard. In contrast, 9% of students aged 18-22 and 10% between 23 and 50 voted for a someone because he/she knew about local traditions. Meanwhile, 15% of learners aged 18-22 as well as students aged 23 to 50 elected someone since they can handle negotiations.
Furthermore, their trustworthiness made 20% of learners between 18-22 and 26% of learners elect them to become a school representative during election. Finally, 24% of learners aged 18-22 along with 20% of students voted for a candidate based on his/her speaking ability.
