Who Is in Power Makes a Difference
Share of voters who say it makes a real difference who is in power. CSES, latest election study per country since 2011.
Source: CSES โ Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Licence: Free for research and publication with citation Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source โ
Period: Integrated Module Dataset (2024-02-27) and Module 6 (2025-12); latest election study per country from 2011. Method: Weighted by the CSES demographic weight. Share answering 4 or 5 on the 1โ5 scale; refused, don't know and missing excluded.
Avg (2011โ2021)
67.7%
single period
Improving
0
of 51 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
51
ยฑ0.5pp band
Say it makes a difference who is in power (4โ5 on a 1โ5 scale, %)
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| # | Entity | Say it makes a difference who is in power (4โ5 on a 1โ5 scale, %) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa | 82.7% |
| 2 | ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania | 82.4% |
| 3 | ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel | 82% |
| 4 | ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland | 81.1% |
| 5 | ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland | 80.8% |
| 6 | ๐น๐ท Turkey | 80.7% |
| 7 | ๐ฆ๐น Austria | 79.9% |
| 8 | ๐ท๐ด Romania | 77.6% |
| 9 | ๐ง๐ท Brazil | 77.5% |
| 10 | ๐ต๐ฑ Poland | 74.4% |
| 11 | ๐ท๐ธ Serbia | 73.8% |
| 12 | ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia | 73.4% |
| 13 | ๐จ๐ฆ Canada | 73.3% |
| 14 | ๐บ๐ธ USA | 73.3% |
| 15 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands | 73.2% |
| 16 | ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand | 72.8% |
| 17 | ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic | 72.6% |
| 18 | ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark | 72.5% |
| 19 | ๐ฎ๐น Italy | 71.9% |
| 20 | ๐ฆ๐บ Australia | 71.4% |
| 21 | ๐ณ๐ด Norway | 71% |
| 22 | ๐ช๐ช Estonia | 70.8% |
| 23 | ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro | 70.6% |
| 24 | ๐บ๐พ Uruguay | 70.5% |
| 25 | ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland | 69.8% |
| 26 | ๐ญ๐บ Hungary | 69.4% |
| 27 | ๐ฌ๐ง UK | 68.6% |
| 28 | ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya | 68.6% |
| 29 | ๐ฉ๐ช Germany | 68% |
| 30 | ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica | 67.8% |
| 31 | ๐ธ๐ช Sweden | 67.6% |
| 32 | ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovak Republic | 67.1% |
| 33 | ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania | 65.7% |
| 34 | ๐ง๐ช Belgium | 64.9% |
| 35 | ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea | 64.7% |
| 36 | ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico | 64% |
| 37 | ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria | 62.9% |
| 38 | ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia | 61.6% |
| 39 | ๐น๐ณ Tunisia | 61.6% |
| 40 | ๐ต๐น Portugal | 60.8% |
| 41 | ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina | 59.3% |
| 42 | ๐น๐ผ Taiwan | 59% |
| 43 | ๐ฌ๐ท Greece | 57.7% |
| 44 | ๐จ๐ฑ Chile | 56.3% |
| 45 | ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong, China | 56.1% |
| 46 | ๐น๐ญ Thailand | 53.8% |
| 47 | ๐ต๐ญ Philippines | 53.6% |
| 48 | ๐ฏ๐ต Japan | 52.3% |
| 49 | ๐ต๐ช Peru | 47.4% |
| 50 | ๐ฎ๐ณ India | 47.2% |
| 51 | ๐ซ๐ท France | 46.3% |