The findings suggest an evolution of popular views on multipartism over time in contrast to reservations expressed to Justice Nyalali’s Commission in 1991. It is possible that, over time, many citizens have grown to prefer pluralism to a single party system because the speculated violence and societal division have not occurred. Also, they trust both CCM and the opposition political parties. Formal education has contributed to the increase of number of citizens re-accepting pluralism. Urban areas also did the same because the opposition political parties are more present in that area than in rural places.
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