November 06, 2009
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In the 2005 questionnaire, the
World Values Survey asked 77,000 individuals in 54 countries the following question: “In political matters, people talk of ‘the left’ and ‘the right.’ How would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?” Respondents placed their ideological preference in a scale from 1 (left) to 10 (right).
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