Political Ideology and Political Belief: An Analysis of World Values Survey

Political Ideology and Political Belief: An Analysis of World Values Survey | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Political Ideology and Political Belief: An Analysis of World Values Survey Devendra Poola, Prashant Kumar Choudhary This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8478864/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 10 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Political ideology and political beliefs are strongly related to each other. Using the World Values Survey (2017–2022), we analysed 57 countries, categorized by their democratic level according to V-Dem. We find that since 1981-84, there has been an increment in the percentage of individuals (by more than 10%) who can be termed ‘radical’. Applying the Probit model, which we have used for the four groups of countries, this paper finds that individuals from any categorized groups have pro-democracy beliefs irrespective of their ideology. i.e., their political ideology and positioning in the country they belong to do not impact their political beliefs much. For example, individuals with reformist or conservative inclinations (compared to radical ones) prefer a democratic system over a theocratic state or army rule. The study posits that democratic political ideals have deepened among individuals regardless of their country’s democratic status. 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