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3. Would electing more officials from different backgrounds improve policy?
Many say policies in their country would improve with more officials from poor backgrounds
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- 3. Would electing more officials from different backgrounds improve policy?
- Substantial numbers say policies in their country would improve if more women were elected
- Those on political left are especially likely to favor having more people from poor backgrounds in office
- Many say policies in their country would improve with more officials from poor backgrounds
- In many countries, women are much more likely to say policies would improve with more women in politics
- Many say policies would improve with more young adults in office
- Those under age 40 are especially supportive of electing more young people
- People on ideological left more likely to say electing more young people would improve policies
- Overall, a third of those surveyed across 24 countries say policies would improve if more businesspeople were in office
- Those on the political right are especially likely to favor electing more businesspeople
- Median of 3 in 10 say policies would improve from more union members in office, while 28% say it would get worse
- Those on the ideological left more likely to say policies would benefit from union members in politics
- Views on religious politicians differ widely across regions surveyed
- Those on the ideological right are more likely to say religious politicians would improve policy
- Those who see religion as integral to their lives are especially supportive of electing religious politicians
- Those on the political left are especially likely to believe electing more women would improve policies in their country