A majority of Ghanaians support lowering the minimum age requirement for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years, according to a new poll released by Global Info Analytics.
The poll, released on December 29, found that 55% of respondents favour reducing the minimum presidential age, while 35% oppose the proposal.
A further 10% of respondents said they were undecided.
The findings also indicate a public desire for younger leaders as 64% of voters saying it is time for Ghana to elect a young leader.
The poll showed that about 72% of respondents believe that 62 years and above is too old for someone to be elected president.
Global Info Analytics further noted that demographic changes are a key driver of these views.
The poll highlighted that 78% of Ghana’s voting population are members of Generation Z and Millennials, that is voters under the age of 44.
The poll follows the report by the Constitution Review Committee on December 22, which submitted several recommendations to President John Dramani Mahama.
Among the committee’s proposals was a recommendation to amend Article 62(b) of the Constitution to lower the minimum age requirement for presidential candidates from 40 to 30 years, citing Ghana’s youthful population.
The committee also proposed extending the presidential term from four to five years, a recommendation that the poll found enjoys the support of 57 percent of voters, among other suggested constitutional reforms.
The Global Info Analytics survey sampled 13,495 registered voters across all 16 regions of Ghana between December 1 and December 21, 2025.
Some of the preliminary findings, particularly those related to voter attitudes toward the age of political candidates, were earlier shared on social media on December 23 by the Executive Director of Global Info Analytics, Mussa Dankwah.
