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: (4.00, {'7.0': '6.06%', '28.0': '2.71%', '5.0': '10.18%', '23.0': '3.87%', '8.0': '3.35%', '22.0': '1.55%', '11.0': '6.96%', '9.0': '8.38%', '26.0': '1.29%', '35.0': '0.77%', '3.0': '9.28%', '1.0': '7.35%', '4.0': '13.14%', '30.0': '1.93%', '25.0': '3.22%', '6.0': '1.42%', '2.0': '8.76%', '32.0': '0.64%', '24.0': '4.90%', '31.0': '0.90%', '16.0': '1.80%', '27.0': '0.52%', '33.0': '0.39%', '34.0': '0.64%'})
Iraq: (3.00, {'3.0': '24.90%', '23.0': '3.97%', '24.0': '5.34%', '28.0': '0.27%', '7.0': '20.52%', '5.0': '7.11%', '2.0': '5.88%', '25.0': '2.05%', '6.0': '2.19%', '4.0': '12.72%', '9.0': '6.02%', '8.0': '1.64%', '27.0': '0.41%', '35.0': '0.68%', '16.0': '1.37%', '22.0': '0.14%', '30.0': '1.09%', '34.0': '0.27%', '11.0': '2.33%', '26.0': '0.41%', '33.0': '0.41%', '32.0': '0.27%'})
Jordan: (7.00, {'9.0': '12.39%', '3.0': '10.12%', '24.0': '2.42%', '11.0': '5.29%', '5.0': '9.37%', '2.0': '14.35%', '7.0': '16.92%', '1.0': '4.68%', '31.0': '0.45%', '23.0': '2.72%', '4.0': '11.03%', '8.0': '0.60%', '26.0': '1.66%', '6.0': '1.81%', '22.0': '0.15%', '30.0': '1.51%', '16.0': '2.42%', '25.0': '1.51%', '27.0': '0.45%', '32.0': '0.15%'})
Lebanon: (4.00, {'5.0': '11.57%', '28.0': '0.96%', '2.0': '15.29%', '4.0': '17.22%', '9.0': '4.55%', '7.0': '13.22%', '23.0': '1.79%', '1.0': '6.89%', '3.0': '8.54%', '35.0': '1.93%', '32.0': '0.96%', '36.0': '0.14%', '11.0': '2.20%', '8.0': '2.75%', '24.0': '3.86%', '30.0': '1.38%', '25.0': '1.24%', '6.0': '1.38%', '33.0': '0.55%', '26.0': '0.55%', '15.0': '0.96%', '29.0': '0.14%', '27.0': '0.41%', '31.0': '0.14%', '22.0': '0.28%', '16.0': '1.10%'})
Libya: (4.00, {'2.0': '12.38%', '5.0': '9.95%', '7.0': '12.62%', '11.0': '2.18%', '29.0': '5.10%', '3.0': '13.83%', '35.0': '3.40%', '1.0': '4.61%', '4.0': '15.29%', '6.0': '4.85%', '26.0': '1.21%', '8.0': '1.94%', '22.0': '0.49%', '27.0': '0.49%', '24.0': '6.07%', '28.0': '0.24%', '9.0': '1.46%', '31.0': '0.24%', '16.0': '1.21%', '23.0': '0.97%', '34.0': '0.73%', '32.0': '0.49%', '25.0': '0.24%'})
Morocco: (3.00, {'24.0': '5.72%', '5.0': '7.52%', '2.0': '8.01%', '1.0': '6.54%', '7.0': '7.19%', '30.0': '3.10%', '9.0': '6.70%', '4.0': '8.82%', '3.0': '10.46%', '25.0': '3.92%', '8.0': '6.54%', '16.0': '1.96%', '35.0': '1.80%', '28.0': '1.80%', '23.0': '5.56%', '29.0': '1.14%', '32.0': '1.63%', '6.0': '0.82%', '27.0': '1.96%', '33.0': '1.14%', '26.0': '0.98%', '22.0': '0.82%', '11.0': '3.27%', '34.0': '1.14%', '31.0': '1.47%'})
Tunisia: (5.00, {'32.0': '0.77%', '1.0': '6.96%', '4.0': '2.84%', '5.0': '24.74%', '3.0': '3.87%', '25.0': '1.55%', '2.0': '20.88%', '7.0': '13.66%', '23.0': '5.15%', '31.0': '0.26%', '9.0': '7.73%', '35.0': '2.84%', '34.0': '0.52%', '11.0': '1.29%', '30.0': '1.29%', '6.0': '0.77%', '33.0': '0.52%', '27.0': '0.26%', '8.0': '1.80%', '29.0': '0.26%', '24.0': '0.52%', '22.0': '0.52%', '26.0': '0.77%', '28.0': '0.26%'})
Algeria: (2.00, {'2.0': '19.20%', '28.0': '3.10%', '24.0': '3.72%', '7.0': '5.88%', '8.0': '4.64%', '23.0': '7.12%', '5.0': '10.22%', '9.0': '8.67%', '3.0': '11.46%', '4.0': '6.81%', '25.0': '4.02%', '34.0': '0.31%', '30.0': '4.02%', '31.0': '0.31%', '6.0': '2.17%', '11.0': '2.79%', '29.0': '0.62%', '35.0': '2.17%', '16.0': '1.86%', '27.0': '0.31%', '1.0': '0.31%', '22.0': '0.31%'})
Saudi Arabia: (23.00, {'1.0': '15.15%', '33.0': '1.01%', '5.0': '16.16%', '23.0': '18.18%', '31.0': '8.08%', '7.0': '2.02%', '27.0': '1.01%', '3.0': '6.06%', '30.0': '2.02%', '9.0': '6.06%', '32.0': '2.02%', '4.0': '3.03%', '11.0': '1.01%', '2.0': '13.13%', '24.0': '2.02%', '6.0': '1.01%', '25.0': '2.02%'})
Sudan: (2.00, {'4.0': '12.85%', '9.0': '3.41%', '2.0': '18.58%', '3.0': '10.37%', '8.0': '9.13%', '30.0': '0.93%', '24.0': '6.35%', '1.0': '6.66%', '5.0': '10.53%', '6.0': '1.70%', '35.0': '3.72%', '7.0': '7.28%', '34.0': '0.62%', '22.0': '0.15%', '11.0': '1.70%', '23.0': '2.94%', '26.0': '0.62%', '25.0': '0.77%', '16.0': '0.46%', '32.0': '0.62%', '27.0': '0.62%'})
Palestine: (2.00, {'30.0': '2.86%', '2.0': '20.30%', '6.0': '2.18%', '3.0': '6.81%', '1.0': '7.36%', '7.0': '14.44%', '24.0': '4.50%', '9.0': '4.90%', '31.0': '0.27%', '4.0': '11.72%', '5.0': '11.58%', '23.0': '3.13%', '8.0': '3.41%', '25.0': '0.82%', '11.0': '1.50%', '35.0': '0.82%', '26.0': '1.23%', '16.0': '0.41%', '32.0': '0.27%', '15.0': '0.54%', '27.0': '0.27%', '34.0': '0.14%', '22.0': '0.27%', '28.0': '0.27%'})
Kuwait: (2.00, {'2.0': '27.49%', '4.0': '16.02%', '3.0': '10.46%', '1.0': '11.80%', '22.0': '1.35%', '5.0': '15.68%', '28.0': '0.51%', '23.0': '1.69%', '24.0': '1.85%', '9.0': '2.36%', '35.0': '0.51%', '7.0': '2.53%', '33.0': '0.17%', '25.0': '0.51%', '32.0': '1.18%', '11.0': '0.34%', '30.0': '0.67%', '6.0': '2.02%', '31.0': '0.34%', '34.0': '0.17%', '16.0': '0.84%', '8.0': '1.18%', '27.0': '0.34%'})
Mauritania: (2.00, {'6.0': '4.95%', '2.0': '19.54%', '24.0': '5.35%', '5.0': '8.84%', '8.0': '6.69%', '4.0': '13.79%', '3.0': '10.58%', '7.0': '11.78%', '11.0': '3.48%', '1.0': '6.56%', '9.0': '2.54%', '31.0': '0.13%', '22.0': '0.27%', '23.0': '1.20%', '30.0': '1.47%', '35.0': '0.54%', '16.0': '0.67%', '27.0': '0.13%', '29.0': '0.13%', '25.0': '0.27%', '28.0': '0.13%', '32.0': '0.13%', '33.0': '0.13%', '26.0': '0.54%', '34.0': '0.13%'})
Qatar: (5.00, {'5.0': '18.62%', '7.0': '6.31%', '9.0': '6.91%', '30.0': '1.80%', '3.0': '15.02%', '24.0': '4.50%', '16.0': '0.90%', '6.0': '1.50%', '2.0': '18.02%', '34.0': '0.60%', '28.0': '1.80%', '23.0': '8.71%', '1.0': '5.41%', '35.0': '2.10%', '4.0': '5.41%', '25.0': '0.30%', '11.0': '1.20%', '22.0': '0.90%'})