Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: Which would be the most important factor that you would take into consideration when choosing a candidate/electoral list to vote for? 1: The candidate's(s') electoral platform(s) articulates my political views, 2: Integrity of candidate(s), 3: Courage of candidate, 4: Ability to hold government accountable, 5: Efficiency of candidate(s), 6: Religiosity of candidate(s), 7: Whoever will create job opportunities, 8: Whoever will guarantee democracy, 9: Whoever will improve services in my constituency, 10: Justice, 11: Someone who will help me solve problems I face, 12: Someone who can guarantee justice and prevent discrimination, 13: Defending the rights of citizens, 14: A list that will suspend negotiations with Israel, 15: The list which will cease security coordination with Israel, 16: The candidate that is related to me, 17: Whoever is loyal to the nation, 18: Whoever works for improving the economy, 19: Whoever will ensure security and safety, 20: I will not participate in the elections, 21: Whoever helps their constituency, 22: Whoever has running candidates with extensive influence in government institutions, 23: The most educated/cultured candidate, 24: Who seeks to preserve public freedoms, 25: From my area/neighborhood/state, 26: The religious/sectarian affiliation of the candidate/list, 27: The candidate/list has significant economic/financial influence, 28: Because the candidate is a woman/Because the list put women first/cares about women's issues, 29: Some of the candidates are of the same national cultural/linguistic origins, 30: The candidate is humble, 31: That the candidate opposes the rich, 32: The candidate has a stance against the political elites, 33: The candidate is a military veteran, 34: The candidate is a retired judge, 35: The candidate is not a career politician/doesn't belong to a party, 36: Not to be from the revolutionary family or from those with rights (sons of martyrs and sons of Mujahideen)
Response scale: 1 to 36
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (1.00, {'1.0': '28.41%', '23.0': '1.53%', '5.0': '7.39%', '2.0': '8.28%', '6.0': '1.40%', '4.0': '10.45%', '16.0': '1.15%', '3.0': '9.68%', '24.0': '2.80%', '7.0': '8.28%', '11.0': '4.97%', '9.0': '5.86%', '26.0': '0.64%', '28.0': '1.40%', '30.0': '1.27%', '8.0': '1.78%', '25.0': '2.68%', '31.0': '0.25%', '35.0': '0.51%', '22.0': '0.25%', '33.0': '0.51%', '32.0': '0.38%', '27.0': '0.13%'})
Iraq: (2.00, {'2.0': '54.21%', '3.0': '11.19%', '6.0': '0.88%', '35.0': '0.38%', '4.0': '5.03%', '7.0': '8.30%', '1.0': '11.07%', '9.0': '1.64%', '24.0': '0.88%', '5.0': '3.40%', '11.0': '0.63%', '8.0': '0.25%', '23.0': '1.01%', '25.0': '0.63%', '28.0': '0.13%', '16.0': '0.13%', '27.0': '0.13%', '30.0': '0.13%'})
Jordan: (2.00, {'5.0': '8.16%', '4.0': '6.09%', '7.0': '13.69%', '9.0': '6.64%', '2.0': '26.14%', '30.0': '0.83%', '1.0': '11.62%', '11.0': '2.35%', '16.0': '3.60%', '24.0': '1.11%', '3.0': '10.93%', '23.0': '2.63%', '6.0': '1.80%', '26.0': '0.55%', '25.0': '2.49%', '35.0': '0.55%', '8.0': '0.55%', '27.0': '0.14%', '31.0': '0.14%'})
Lebanon: (2.00, {'2.0': '29.18%', '5.0': '12.47%', '7.0': '5.04%', '35.0': '2.39%', '28.0': '0.66%', '11.0': '1.59%', '1.0': '19.76%', '4.0': '11.14%', '33.0': '0.66%', '25.0': '0.80%', '23.0': '2.25%', '3.0': '6.23%', '16.0': '0.27%', '26.0': '1.99%', '32.0': '0.93%', '24.0': '1.06%', '30.0': '0.66%', '9.0': '2.12%', '8.0': '0.66%', '27.0': '0.13%'})
Libya: (2.00, {'4.0': '9.64%', '26.0': '1.41%', '2.0': '36.55%', '1.0': '8.23%', '11.0': '1.41%', '5.0': '6.02%', '3.0': '15.06%', '25.0': '0.80%', '9.0': '1.00%', '34.0': '1.41%', '24.0': '1.41%', '8.0': '0.60%', '29.0': '3.21%', '22.0': '0.40%', '35.0': '2.61%', '6.0': '4.62%', '7.0': '2.81%', '28.0': '0.40%', '27.0': '0.20%', '16.0': '0.80%', '31.0': '0.40%', '32.0': '0.20%', '23.0': '0.60%', '30.0': '0.20%'})
Morocco: (2.00, {'3.0': '11.10%', '5.0': '7.12%', '32.0': '0.96%', '8.0': '4.25%', '7.0': '6.71%', '4.0': '8.90%', '1.0': '10.00%', '30.0': '3.97%', '2.0': '13.01%', '35.0': '1.78%', '11.0': '4.25%', '24.0': '4.52%', '9.0': '4.38%', '25.0': '1.92%', '28.0': '1.78%', '16.0': '1.51%', '6.0': '0.68%', '23.0': '4.25%', '31.0': '1.51%', '33.0': '0.82%', '34.0': '0.55%', '27.0': '1.92%', '22.0': '1.64%', '29.0': '2.05%', '26.0': '0.41%'})
Tunisia: (2.00, {'2.0': '35.81%', '9.0': '4.50%', '5.0': '15.57%', '7.0': '5.54%', '27.0': '0.87%', '32.0': '0.17%', '1.0': '18.34%', '3.0': '1.73%', '35.0': '4.50%', '33.0': '0.87%', '23.0': '3.63%', '4.0': '2.77%', '28.0': '0.17%', '11.0': '1.21%', '26.0': '0.87%', '6.0': '0.87%', '8.0': '1.38%', '24.0': '0.69%', '31.0': '0.17%', '25.0': '0.35%'})
Algeria: (2.00, {'30.0': '8.87%', '35.0': '3.76%', '2.0': '16.40%', '5.0': '6.45%', '11.0': '1.88%', '16.0': '2.42%', '23.0': '7.80%', '3.0': '13.17%', '4.0': '7.80%', '9.0': '6.99%', '8.0': '1.88%', '36.0': '1.08%', '28.0': '6.18%', '1.0': '1.34%', '24.0': '1.61%', '7.0': '5.11%', '29.0': '0.54%', '22.0': '0.27%', '25.0': '4.57%', '6.0': '0.81%', '32.0': '0.54%', '27.0': '0.27%', '31.0': '0.27%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.00, {'35.0': '2.37%', '2.0': '11.37%', '3.0': '17.54%', '4.0': '4.27%', '11.0': '3.32%', '7.0': '2.37%', '1.0': '23.22%', '9.0': '7.58%', '8.0': '0.47%', '5.0': '8.53%', '15.0': '0.47%', '22.0': '1.42%', '25.0': '2.37%', '24.0': '0.95%', '32.0': '0.95%', '23.0': '6.16%', '6.0': '2.37%', '34.0': '0.47%', '27.0': '0.95%', '30.0': '0.47%', '29.0': '0.47%', '16.0': '0.95%', '26.0': '0.47%', '28.0': '0.47%'})
Sudan: (1.00, {'1.0': '24.89%', '2.0': '24.16%', '9.0': '2.78%', '8.0': '4.25%', '4.0': '12.88%', '35.0': '1.61%', '33.0': '0.15%', '5.0': '10.40%', '3.0': '6.15%', '7.0': '5.12%', '25.0': '0.15%', '30.0': '0.73%', '6.0': '0.88%', '23.0': '0.73%', '26.0': '0.73%', '24.0': '2.93%', '22.0': '0.29%', '27.0': '0.29%', '31.0': '0.29%', '11.0': '0.15%', '28.0': '0.29%', '32.0': '0.15%'})
Palestine: (2.00, {'2.0': '31.52%', '7.0': '9.27%', '6.0': '3.58%', '3.0': '7.02%', '5.0': '10.73%', '4.0': '6.62%', '1.0': '16.03%', '23.0': '1.59%', '16.0': '0.66%', '9.0': '2.91%', '30.0': '0.79%', '24.0': '2.12%', '8.0': '2.38%', '26.0': '0.93%', '22.0': '0.13%', '35.0': '0.93%', '25.0': '0.66%', '11.0': '1.06%', '15.0': '0.26%', '33.0': '0.26%', '31.0': '0.53%'})
Kuwait: (1.00, {'1.0': '50.59%', '2.0': '27.56%', '3.0': '5.88%', '4.0': '5.38%', '23.0': '0.17%', '5.0': '4.54%', '11.0': '0.34%', '8.0': '0.50%', '9.0': '0.50%', '30.0': '0.67%', '25.0': '0.34%', '33.0': '0.34%', '24.0': '1.01%', '27.0': '0.17%', '7.0': '0.67%', '34.0': '0.17%', '26.0': '0.17%', '16.0': '0.17%', '22.0': '0.17%', '6.0': '0.67%'})
Mauritania: (1.00, {'1.0': '36.22%', '32.0': '0.39%', '5.0': '4.40%', '24.0': '2.72%', '23.0': '1.16%', '6.0': '3.10%', '4.0': '5.43%', '2.0': '21.99%', '3.0': '7.89%', '7.0': '4.01%', '30.0': '1.03%', '33.0': '0.39%', '34.0': '0.65%', '29.0': '0.39%', '16.0': '0.91%', '11.0': '1.55%', '31.0': '0.52%', '35.0': '0.91%', '8.0': '2.46%', '28.0': '0.13%', '26.0': '2.33%', '22.0': '0.26%', '9.0': '1.03%', '25.0': '0.13%'})
Qatar: (2.00, {'2.0': '31.25%', '5.0': '13.32%', '9.0': '4.89%', '7.0': '4.35%', '4.0': '3.80%', '11.0': '0.82%', '1.0': '26.09%', '23.0': '2.72%', '3.0': '7.61%', '16.0': '0.27%', '24.0': '1.36%', '35.0': '0.82%', '22.0': '0.27%', '6.0': '0.54%', '30.0': '0.54%', '28.0': '0.54%', '34.0': '0.27%', '27.0': '0.54%'})