Elvis Bisong Tambe is a senior lecturer in Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden.His research interests lie in the field of political behavior, political participation, public opinion, voting and electoral processes, with a focus on new and emerging democracies. He is the author of Electoral Participation in Newly Consolidated Democracies: Turnout in Africa, Latin America, East Asia and Post-Communist Europe (Routledge, 2021)

• 1.The Puzzle.- 2.Socioeconomic Status and Voting in Africa: A Closer Look.- 3.Group Membership and the Mobilisation of Resource-Poor Voters.- 4.Reward Mobilisation and the Participation of Resource-Poor Citizens.- 5.Egime Type, Democratic Quality, and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 6.Policy Preferences and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 7.Institutional Context.- 8.Conclusion.

Elvis Bisong Tambe is a senior lecturer in Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden.His research interests lie in the field of political behavior, political participation, public opinion, voting and electoral processes, with a focus on new and emerging democracies. He is the author of Electoral Participation in Newly Consolidated Democracies: Turnout in Africa, Latin America, East Asia and Post-Communist Europe (Routledge, 2021)

• 1.The Puzzle.- 2.Socioeconomic Status and Voting in Africa: A Closer Look.- 3.Group Membership and the Mobilisation of Resource-Poor Voters.- 4.Reward Mobilisation and the Participation of Resource-Poor Citizens.- 5.Egime Type, Democratic Quality, and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 6.Policy Preferences and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 7.Institutional Context.- 8.Conclusion.

Elvis Bisong Tambe is a senior lecturer in Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden.His research interests lie in the field of political behavior, political participation, public opinion, voting and electoral processes, with a focus on new and emerging democracies. He is the author of Electoral Participation in Newly Consolidated Democracies: Turnout in Africa, Latin America, East Asia and Post-Communist Europe (Routledge, 2021)

• 1.The Puzzle.- 2.Socioeconomic Status and Voting in Africa: A Closer Look.- 3.Group Membership and the Mobilisation of Resource-Poor Voters.- 4.Reward Mobilisation and the Participation of Resource-Poor Citizens.- 5.Egime Type, Democratic Quality, and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 6.Policy Preferences and the Participation of Resource-rich Citizens.- 7.Institutional Context.- 8.Conclusion.