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: (9.00, {'23.0': '5.59%', '4.0': '9.57%', '7.0': '7.85%', '34.0': '0.80%', '35.0': '1.46%', '9.0': '10.77%', '11.0': '6.52%', '1.0': '6.12%', '28.0': '1.86%', '5.0': '9.18%', '6.0': '1.46%', '2.0': '5.59%', '33.0': '1.46%', '3.0': '7.71%', '8.0': '3.99%', '24.0': '4.52%', '25.0': '5.19%', '27.0': '0.53%', '26.0': '1.20%', '22.0': '1.86%', '30.0': '3.06%', '31.0': '0.93%', '32.0': '0.53%', '16.0': '2.26%'})
Iraq: (7.00, {'4.0': '8.08%', '9.0': '8.96%', '16.0': '1.91%', '7.0': '16.89%', '11.0': '6.75%', '28.0': '1.03%', '6.0': '2.50%', '8.0': '1.76%', '3.0': '4.41%', '24.0': '6.46%', '5.0': '4.70%', '27.0': '1.76%', '23.0': '12.33%', '25.0': '4.26%', '30.0': '3.52%', '22.0': '0.73%', '32.0': '0.73%', '35.0': '9.99%', '33.0': '0.59%', '1.0': '0.44%', '26.0': '1.32%', '31.0': '0.44%', '2.0': '0.15%', '34.0': '0.29%'})
Jordan: (7.00, {'23.0': '6.16%', '2.0': '10.04%', '1.0': '2.46%', '7.0': '14.79%', '11.0': '6.16%', '25.0': '2.46%', '35.0': '0.70%', '9.0': '12.50%', '30.0': '4.93%', '5.0': '8.10%', '3.0': '9.15%', '24.0': '4.05%', '6.0': '3.17%', '4.0': '8.27%', '26.0': '1.94%', '8.0': '1.94%', '16.0': '1.58%', '28.0': '0.53%', '33.0': '0.53%', '27.0': '0.18%', '22.0': '0.18%', '32.0': '0.18%'})
Lebanon: (7.00, {'30.0': '3.82%', '24.0': '6.62%', '9.0': '5.88%', '2.0': '11.03%', '23.0': '3.09%', '5.0': '10.00%', '1.0': '7.79%', '7.0': '14.56%', '35.0': '2.50%', '33.0': '0.74%', '11.0': '2.06%', '28.0': '0.74%', '3.0': '6.32%', '4.0': '12.35%', '25.0': '0.88%', '31.0': '0.88%', '26.0': '1.03%', '34.0': '0.29%', '6.0': '1.03%', '8.0': '3.24%', '15.0': '1.76%', '36.0': '0.44%', '27.0': '0.74%', '32.0': '1.47%', '16.0': '0.44%', '29.0': '0.29%'})
Libya: (7.00, {'7.0': '11.39%', '1.0': '3.80%', '5.0': '10.44%', '9.0': '6.01%', '32.0': '1.58%', '2.0': '5.06%', '4.0': '11.39%', '6.0': '6.01%', '8.0': '5.06%', '3.0': '9.18%', '26.0': '3.16%', '11.0': '3.80%', '29.0': '4.43%', '35.0': '4.75%', '16.0': '2.53%', '31.0': '0.63%', '24.0': '6.01%', '34.0': '2.22%', '22.0': '1.27%', '25.0': '0.95%', '28.0': '0.32%'})
Morocco: (8.00, {'2.0': '6.43%', '7.0': '7.68%', '8.0': '9.13%', '9.0': '5.60%', '32.0': '2.90%', '35.0': '0.83%', '5.0': '8.51%', '3.0': '6.43%', '24.0': '6.22%', '4.0': '4.77%', '23.0': '8.51%', '25.0': '3.11%', '33.0': '0.41%', '1.0': '7.47%', '16.0': '1.45%', '27.0': '2.07%', '26.0': '1.04%', '34.0': '1.66%', '30.0': '2.90%', '31.0': '1.87%', '22.0': '2.49%', '29.0': '1.66%', '6.0': '2.28%', '11.0': '3.53%', '28.0': '1.04%'})
Tunisia: (5.00, {'5.0': '19.66%', '7.0': '10.67%', '28.0': '0.56%', '23.0': '7.87%', '2.0': '18.54%', '9.0': '12.36%', '25.0': '1.69%', '11.0': '1.12%', '27.0': '1.69%', '1.0': '1.69%', '33.0': '1.69%', '24.0': '2.25%', '4.0': '3.93%', '8.0': '1.69%', '6.0': '1.12%', '29.0': '1.12%', '32.0': '1.12%', '30.0': '0.56%', '35.0': '6.18%', '3.0': '1.69%', '22.0': '2.25%', '31.0': '0.56%'})
Algeria: (5.00, {'3.0': '9.12%', '11.0': '6.32%', '25.0': '7.37%', '9.0': '11.58%', '30.0': '4.56%', '5.0': '13.68%', '16.0': '1.40%', '8.0': '7.72%', '4.0': '9.47%', '23.0': '6.67%', '7.0': '7.02%', '24.0': '4.56%', '2.0': '5.61%', '28.0': '2.81%', '36.0': '0.35%', '29.0': '0.35%', '35.0': '1.05%', '22.0': '0.35%'})
Saudi Arabia: (23.00, {'3.0': '7.14%', '25.0': '10.71%', '6.0': '7.14%', '2.0': '10.71%', '9.0': '7.14%', '16.0': '3.57%', '23.0': '32.14%', '24.0': '3.57%', '35.0': '3.57%', '5.0': '3.57%', '30.0': '3.57%', '1.0': '7.14%'})
Sudan: (4.00, {'9.0': '6.38%', '5.0': '11.91%', '8.0': '9.06%', '2.0': '7.72%', '4.0': '12.25%', '3.0': '6.21%', '35.0': '3.36%', '24.0': '7.55%', '11.0': '3.86%', '23.0': '6.54%', '1.0': '5.03%', '26.0': '0.67%', '7.0': '9.40%', '6.0': '2.35%', '31.0': '1.17%', '32.0': '1.68%', '30.0': '1.85%', '22.0': '0.84%', '25.0': '0.50%', '33.0': '0.67%', '28.0': '0.50%', '27.0': '0.34%', '16.0': '0.17%'})
Palestine: (7.00, {'26.0': '1.61%', '3.0': '6.89%', '9.0': '8.80%', '11.0': '4.11%', '7.0': '15.84%', '31.0': '0.15%', '2.0': '10.85%', '1.0': '5.43%', '4.0': '6.30%', '34.0': '0.15%', '30.0': '3.37%', '5.0': '10.41%', '8.0': '4.69%', '24.0': '7.18%', '15.0': '1.61%', '23.0': '3.67%', '6.0': '3.08%', '35.0': '2.35%', '22.0': '0.59%', '32.0': '0.73%', '27.0': '0.29%', '25.0': '0.73%', '16.0': '0.44%', '28.0': '0.29%', '33.0': '0.44%'})
Kuwait: (4.00, {'4.0': '15.86%', '5.0': '13.45%', '33.0': '0.86%', '24.0': '8.28%', '22.0': '1.38%', '3.0': '12.59%', '6.0': '3.28%', '11.0': '2.93%', '32.0': '1.03%', '1.0': '9.31%', '23.0': '2.59%', '2.0': '9.31%', '9.0': '1.72%', '30.0': '2.07%', '7.0': '5.34%', '26.0': '0.86%', '8.0': '3.28%', '34.0': '0.86%', '35.0': '1.21%', '25.0': '1.38%', '27.0': '1.38%', '16.0': '0.34%', '28.0': '0.34%', '31.0': '0.34%'})
Mauritania: (7.00, {'2.0': '8.39%', '5.0': '9.37%', '4.0': '9.23%', '9.0': '4.20%', '1.0': '7.13%', '24.0': '9.65%', '7.0': '15.38%', '32.0': '0.70%', '6.0': '3.92%', '25.0': '1.12%', '3.0': '7.97%', '34.0': '0.70%', '30.0': '2.38%', '8.0': '8.53%', '23.0': '2.80%', '29.0': '0.28%', '33.0': '0.56%', '16.0': '1.26%', '11.0': '4.06%', '27.0': '0.28%', '22.0': '0.56%', '35.0': '0.98%', '26.0': '0.28%', '31.0': '0.28%'})
Qatar: (5.00, {'3.0': '8.22%', '5.0': '19.41%', '35.0': '4.93%', '28.0': '1.64%', '7.0': '9.21%', '9.0': '9.87%', '25.0': '1.64%', '34.0': '0.99%', '2.0': '10.86%', '23.0': '8.22%', '30.0': '3.95%', '4.0': '6.91%', '16.0': '1.64%', '11.0': '1.32%', '32.0': '0.33%', '24.0': '3.62%', '6.0': '3.95%', '1.0': '3.29%'})