77 percent of Bulgarians believe that the country is not governed "according to the will of the people" (whatever that means).
Only 17 percent take the opposite position.
By comparison, an average of 42% of those surveyed worldwide are more likely to agree or strongly agree that their country is governed by the will of the people.
Bulgaria (77 percent) together with Romania (80 percent) Colombia and Nigeria (76% in both countries) and Ukraine (73%) are among the most critical of democratic governance in their countries. The data are from the time before the war.
People in Vietnam (84%) are most satisfied with the democratic nature of their country's government.
Are elections "free and fair"?
When asked if they think the elections in the country are free and fair, 22% of respondents said yes. 65% are of the opposite opinion.
People in Ghana (85% there agree or strongly agree that elections are free and fair), Azerbaijan (78%), Indonesia and Vietnam (77% in both), Kosovo (76%) and the Czech Republic (75%). are the most satisfied with the freedom and fairness of elections in their country.
People in Bosnia and Herzegovina (90% disagree or strongly disagree with the statement that elections are free and fair), Nigeria (82%), Albania (70%), Colombia (67%), Bulgaria, Iraq and Romania (65%) in each of the countries) are most concerned about the elections in their country. Paradoxically, in Russia, skeptics of the fairness of the election are 59 percent, i.e. there the percentage is lower than in Bulgaria.