Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Populism
Question: Which of the following two statements comes closest to your point of view? 1: A government that has the support of a majority of the people should be free to do what the people want, even if it is outside the law, 2: The actions of any government, however popular, must always follow the law, .
Response scale: 1 to 2
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (1.70, {'2.0': '69.54%', '1.0': '30.46%'})
Iraq: (1.48, {'2.0': '47.67%', '1.0': '52.33%'})
Jordan: (1.60, {'2.0': '59.89%', '1.0': '40.11%'})
Lebanon: (1.47, {'1.0': '53.10%', '2.0': '46.90%'})
Libya: (1.45, {'1.0': '54.78%', '2.0': '45.22%'})
Morocco: (1.63, {'1.0': '37.42%', '2.0': '62.58%'})
Tunisia: (1.40, {'1.0': '60.18%', '2.0': '39.82%'})
Algeria: (1.84, {'2.0': '83.87%', '1.0': '16.13%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.86, {'1.0': '14.47%', '2.0': '85.53%'})
Sudan: (1.54, {'2.0': '54.42%', '1.0': '45.58%'})
Palestine: (1.79, {'1.0': '21.25%', '2.0': '78.75%'})
Kuwait: (1.67, {'1.0': '32.89%', '2.0': '67.11%'})
Mauritania: (1.74, {'1.0': '26.05%', '2.0': '73.95%'})
Qatar: (1.68, {'2.0': '68.00%', '1.0': '32.00%'})