( CNN ) -- What makes a leader ? Is it economic know-how , or military might ? Or is it a big thinker with a bold plan ? The U.S. election is just two months away , but there 's no reason Americans should be the only ones to get in on the fun . With that in mind , we asked viewers worldwide on our CNN International Facebook page what quality they believe is most important in a great leader . After tallying more than 2,000 responses from 143 countries and territories , the verdict of our extremely unscientific survey is in : Nearly four out of five ( 79 % ) think a boundary-pushing visionary makes the best leader . Vote now on Facebook : What makes a great leader ? And despite austerity and unemployment in many countries , only one in seven ( 14 % ) see financial expertise as the top attribute for the commander-in-chief . Those who 've hit hard times and were hoping to be caught by a social safety net will have found little sympathy from our Facebook voters -- just one in 20 ( 5.3 % ) want to see a social welfare advocate sitting at the helm of their government . More : Facebook CNN Election Insights tool . And people around the world proved that , at least in theory , the pen is indeed mightier than the sword -- less than one in 50 ( 1.7 % ) told us a military commander makes the best leader . A few other things jumped out at us while crunching the numbers from Facebook . First , men outnumbered women three-to-one in our survey . To put that in perspective , women cast a reported 53 % of all votes in the 2012 U.S. mid-term election . More : Latest updates at 2012 Election Center . Which countries seemed most interested in our survey ? Americans cast more than a quarter ( 27 % ) of all votes -- more than five times more than second-place United Kingdom . India , Germany and Nigeria round out the top five . Most of you were aged 25-34 . If you were n't , it was likely you were 35-49 . More : Follow @ CNNi and @ CNNPolitics to stay in the know . So what 's your verdict on our survey ? And what would you like to vote on in the next one ? We 're hoping to publish more of these on our CNNI Facebook page and we 'd love to hear what you think we should be asking . At any rate , it 's the first time we 've done a survey of this kind and we hope you enjoyed it . Please let us know in the comments below .
Three out of five say boundary - pushing leaders make the best leaders . One in seven say financial expertise is the best attribute . 80 % of those who voted in the same survey were male . Less than 1 in 50 think a military commander makes the best leader .