In Spain, three-in-four 
Catalonia’s independence referendum has been controversial, but the Spanish public is quite positive on direct democracy in general. Three-quarters believe that a system where citizens, not elected officials, vote directly on major national issues to decide what becomes law would be a good way to govern their country. People living outside of Catalonia are in agreement with their Catalan counterparts on this issue (74% versus 79%, respectively).
In Spain, three-in-four  | support direct democracy  | citizens, a democraticsystem where  | citizens, directly democraticsystem not elected officials, vote  | directly on major national issues to  | decide what becomes law would be  | a way of governing this country  | Bad  | 22%  | 4%  | Good  | 75%  | Don't  | know)  | Refused  | (VOL)  | Survey. Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes  | Survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 