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Abstract
Ghana’s democracy has been hailed by scholars, practitioners, and the international community in recent years as a shining West African Sub-region example of organizing successive elections with minimal or no violence. However, the evaluation of Ghana’s democracy disproportionately captures the views of the political elite; conspicuously missing is the perspective of the ordinary Ghanaian. This presents only a partial and an incomplete picture of Ghana’s democracy. A qualitative case study explored the practice of democracy in Ghana from the perspective of its citizenry. The results revealed that ordinary Ghanaians have dichotomous views of democracy in Ghana under the fourth republic. Their experiences and opinions of the electoral system have generally been positive while those related to governance have generally been negative. The study’s results may inspire a paradigm shift in the responsiveness of government to citizens and how government engages with citizens on policy formulation and implementation.