The pie charts compare the reasons why students in two age groups chose a specific candidate to be their student representative.
Overall, for students aged 18-22, the main consideration when voting for a candidate was being easy to talk to, while those aged 23-50 valued trustworthiness the most. By contrast, the least important factor for both age brackets when choosing a candidate was knowledge of local traditions.
Being easy to talk to was the most important criterion for those aged 18-22, accounting for almost one-third of the pie, 10 percentage points higher than that for their older counterparts . This was followed by being a good speaker and trustworthiness, constituting 24% and 20%, respectively. Negotiation skills were regarded as the fourth most important factor, making up 15 percent, almost half the figure for being easy to talk to. Finally, knowledge of local traditions represented one-tenth of the chart.
By contrast, being trustworthy was the most crucial criterion for students aged 23-50 at 26 percent, which was closely followed by being easy to talk to and negotiation skills, each at 22 percent. Good speaking skills accounted for one-fifth of the responses, slightly lower than the figure for younger students. Knowing local traditions, similarly, was the least important consideration for those in the 23-50 age bracket, 1 percentage point higher than in the other chart.