This statistic shows the outcome of a survey done in the Netherlands in 2016 in which respondents were asked the following question: ''What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?'' As of 2016, roughly 80 percent of the respondents indicated they think the mayor should be an ambassador for the municipality.
What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?*
March 22, 2016 to March 25, 2016 and May 3, 2016 to May 9, 2016
Number of respondents
1040 & 1034**
Age group
18-80 years old
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.
** N=1,040 for the first poll of March 2016 and N=1,034 for the second poll of May 2016
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
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Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. (July 6, 2016). What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. "What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?*." Chart. July 6, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. (2016). What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. "What Are in Your Eyes The Most Important Roles of a Mayor?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/
Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
What are in your eyes the most important roles of a mayor?* [Graph], Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, July 6, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/701374/most-important-roles-of-mayors-in-the-netherlands/