Voting Makes a Difference
Share of voters who say who people vote for can make a real difference. CSES, latest election study per country since 2011.
Source: CSES — Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Licence: Free for research and publication with citation Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗
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 1–5 scale; refused, don't know and missing excluded.
Avg (2011–2024)
67.3%
single period
Improving
0
of 54 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
54
±0.5pp band
Say who people vote for makes a difference (4–5 on a 1–5 scale, %)
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Voting Makes a Difference — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Say who people vote for makes a difference (4–5 on a 1–5 scale, %) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 84.4% |
| 2 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 82.7% |
| 3 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 82.2% |
| 4 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 80.9% |
| 5 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 80.7% |
| 6 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 80.5% |
| 7 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 79.9% |
| 8 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 79.2% |
| 9 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 78% |
| 10 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 76.8% |
| 11 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 76.4% |
| 12 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 76.2% |
| 13 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 76.1% |
| 14 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 74.5% |
| 15 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 74.5% |
| 16 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 74.2% |
| 17 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 74.2% |
| 18 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 73.1% |
| 19 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 72.8% |
| 20 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 70.9% |
| 21 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 70.8% |
| 22 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 70.8% |
| 23 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 70.4% |
| 24 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 70.3% |
| 25 | 🇺🇸 USA | 70.2% |
| 26 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 70.1% |
| 27 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 69.6% |
| 28 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 69.1% |
| 29 | 🇬🇧 UK | 68.4% |
| 30 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 67.5% |
| 31 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 67.5% |
| 32 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 67.2% |
| 33 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 66.5% |
| 34 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 65.2% |
| 35 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 64.4% |
| 36 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 64.4% |
| 37 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 63.7% |
| 38 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 63.2% |
| 39 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 62% |
| 40 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 61.9% |
| 41 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 61.7% |
| 42 | 🇫🇷 France | 61.4% |
| 43 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 60.4% |
| 44 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 58.4% |
| 45 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 56.4% |
| 46 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 55.8% |
| 47 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 55.1% |
| 48 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 51.1% |
| 49 | 🇮🇳 India | 50.7% |
| 50 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 48.4% |
| 51 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 48.4% |
| 52 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 46.8% |
| 53 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 44.9% |
| 54 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 42.5% |