Daily Monitor Saturday February 06 2021 People take cover as police fires teargas to disperse a campaign rally in Mukono District on November 30. PHOTO/FILE Advertisement This signifies 59.35 per cent of the registered voters. In discussing the outcome of the elections and trying to explain the voting patterns, Dr Julius Kizza, a lecturer of Political Science at Makerere University, says the patterns appear to have been informed by the level of political awareness. “Rural voters who are predominantly poverty-stricken peasants voted for a presidential monarchy. By contrast, the urban-based voters, who are more politically conscious, predominantly voted the Opposition. They voted for change,” Dr Kizza argues.