Figure 4: Activism, Elite versus Non-elite [%] 28 30 25 20 20 14 15 11 10 8 11 5 7 8 5 7 Non-elite 0 Elite Figure 5: Support for Democracy, Elite versus Non-elite [%] 100 86 90 80 73 70 60 50 40 30 40 35 39 Non-elite 27 20 10 0 Support for Extent of Satisfaction democracy Democracy with democracy Elite Non-elites were significantly more likely to be supporters of democracy on the index (see Table 1 & Figure 5), but the disaggregated data show an interesting split. Elites are stronger supporters of democracy as the best form of government,10 but more pessimistic about how democratic is Zimbabwe and how satisfied with the current example of democracy. Non-elites go in the other direction, especially in their satisfaction11. When it comes to political trust, the difference between the Elite and the Non-elite was strongly significant, and, as can be seen from Figure 6 (over), was so for every single example of political trust.12 10 χ² = 14.87; p=0.001 χ² = 8.98; p=0.01 12 The smallest difference was 12% (trust courts) and the largest was 26% (trust the ruling party). All are statistically significant (p=0.001). 11 11