Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Less popular president in Mexico

Calderón has approval ratings that some presidents would love to have.

Mexican president's approval rating sinks due to increase in petroleum taxes

"President Felipe Calderón's approval rating dropped modestly in the past few months, partly because of an unpopular hike in gas prices that will go into effect next year, according to a poll published Monday.

"Calderón's approval rating sank 7 percentage points, from 64 percent in August to 57 percent this month, according to the survey, conducted by the private firm Ipsos-Bimsa for the Mexican newspaper El Universal...

"Just under a thousand people were interviewed in person from Oct. 26-31 for the poll, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points."

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