Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Populism
Question: Which of the following statements is closest to your point of view? 1: Governance should be conducted through the people directly because the elected representatives may not express the opinions of the voters accurately, 2: Governance must be conducted through the elected government, because the election of the people's representatives expresses the will of the people
Response scale: 1 to 2
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (1.43, {'1.0': '56.76%', '2.0': '43.24%'})
Iraq: (1.58, {'2.0': '57.80%', '1.0': '42.20%'})
Jordan: (1.52, {'2.0': '51.57%', '1.0': '48.43%'})
Lebanon: (1.56, {'1.0': '44.41%', '2.0': '55.59%'})
Libya: (1.56, {'2.0': '55.93%', '1.0': '44.07%'})
Morocco: (1.48, {'2.0': '47.58%', '1.0': '52.42%'})
Tunisia: (1.60, {'2.0': '59.68%', '1.0': '40.32%'})
Algeria: (1.53, {'1.0': '46.90%', '2.0': '53.10%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.66, {'2.0': '65.65%', '1.0': '34.35%'})
Sudan: (1.49, {'2.0': '49.05%', '1.0': '50.95%'})
Palestine: (1.63, {'2.0': '62.53%', '1.0': '37.47%'})
Kuwait: (1.51, {'2.0': '51.30%', '1.0': '48.70%'})
Mauritania: (1.40, {'1.0': '60.26%', '2.0': '39.74%'})
Qatar: (1.81, {'2.0': '81.40%', '1.0': '18.60%'})