Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Populism
Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement: Most politicians care about the interests of influential social/economic/tribal groups at the expense of popular interests. 1: Strongly agree, 2: Somewhat agree, 3: Somewhat disagree, 4: Completely disagree
Response scale: 1 to 4
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (2.15, {'2.0': '51.72%', '3.0': '18.65%', '1.0': '21.07%', '4.0': '8.56%'})
Iraq: (1.61, {'2.0': '26.22%', '1.0': '60.42%', '3.0': '5.49%', '4.0': '7.87%'})
Jordan: (1.70, {'2.0': '42.02%', '3.0': '9.16%', '1.0': '45.68%', '4.0': '3.14%'})
Lebanon: (1.34, {'1.0': '74.39%', '2.0': '19.75%', '3.0': '3.44%', '4.0': '2.42%'})
Libya: (1.58, {'1.0': '60.27%', '2.0': '27.52%', '4.0': '6.01%', '3.0': '6.20%'})
Morocco: (2.35, {'2.0': '38.43%', '3.0': '27.41%', '1.0': '20.11%', '4.0': '14.05%'})
Tunisia: (1.54, {'1.0': '71.11%', '4.0': '10.36%', '2.0': '14.38%', '3.0': '4.15%'})
Algeria: (2.93, {'1.0': '10.28%', '2.0': '21.84%', '4.0': '35.55%', '3.0': '32.33%'})
Saudi Arabia: (2.35, {'2.0': '48.81%', '1.0': '12.70%', '4.0': '9.13%', '3.0': '29.37%'})
Sudan: (2.09, {'1.0': '31.59%', '3.0': '15.14%', '2.0': '40.61%', '4.0': '12.66%'})
Palestine: (1.79, {'1.0': '37.00%', '4.0': '2.98%', '2.0': '49.94%', '3.0': '10.09%'})
Kuwait: (2.39, {'3.0': '31.97%', '4.0': '10.26%', '2.0': '44.62%', '1.0': '13.16%'})
Mauritania: (2.23, {'2.0': '50.76%', '1.0': '17.47%', '3.0': '23.16%', '4.0': '8.61%'})
Qatar: (2.47, {'3.0': '29.04%', '2.0': '48.77%', '4.0': '13.42%', '1.0': '8.77%'})