Why We Don't Ask Gen Z

New research from broadcaster Channel 4 reveals a trend towards support for authoritarianism among young people. The report found that 52% of the 2,000 13-27 year olds surveyed would agree that: 'the UK would be better with a strong leader in charge who does not have to bother with Parliament and elections' which correlates with a 2023 study from Open Society Foundations, which found that 42% of young people globally felt Autocratic rule was a good way of running a country. 
Luckily though Gen Z are in the minority, The Pew Research Centre asked people in 24 countries their view on five different types of Government and a strong leader making decisions without interference from the courts or Parliament that came out as the second least popular option with a median of just 26% saying it would be a good way to run the country with Sweden (94%) the Netherlands (87%) against it and in favour India (67%) and Kenya (52%).
The most favorable system was democratically elected representatives elected by citizens deciding what becomes law with a median of 77% expressing support for representative democracy with the lowest support in South Africa (32%) and Brazil (28%) and most keen Sweden (87%) and Germany (86%).
Direct democracy where citizens, not elected officials, vote directly on major issues  was second where a median of 70% said it would be a good way to run their country but it got the least amount of support in The Netherlands (37%) and Sweden (49%) but it seemed pretty popular in Greece (78%) and Germany (76%).
A technocracy which relies on experts rather than elected officials to make decisions for the good of the country sounded good to the Hungarians (80%) and the Spanish (65%) but not so much to the Dutch (53%) and French (52%).   
If an Autocracy came second to bottom, then the worst option was military rule although the Vietnamese didn't seem particularly unperturbed by the idea as 70% approved but 95% were against it in Germany but across all nations, 50% said things would improve if more women were elected into positions of Officialdom with people from India the most likely to believe policies will improve (60%) but not so much in Israel (33%) and Japan (32%) who believe policies would get worse.
How about a theocracy where government is run by divine guidance? Nigerians and Indonesians approved with 65% saying  policies would improve but In contrast it wouldn't have a prayer of taking off in Sweden (59%) or Australia (56%).
Sorry Generation Z but it seems you are stuck with Democracy.