(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Public support for Felipe Calderón was not affected by his party’s poor showing in Mexico’s mid-term election, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 54 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance, unchanged since March.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Public support for Felipe Calderón was not affected by his party’s poor showing in Mexico’s mid-term election, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 54 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance, unchanged since March.
Mexican voters chose their new president in July 2006. Official results placed Calderón of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots. Calderón—a former energy secretary—took over as Mexico’s head of state in December. During his campaign, he vowed to combat illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crime, as well as to boost Mexico’s economy.
Mexico held a mid-term legislative election on Jul. 5. The opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) received 36.68 per cent of the vote, compared to 27.98 per cent for the PAN. The number of PAN lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies was decimated from 206 to 146. The PRI now controls 241 seats in the 500-member lower house, plus 17 seats from its ally, the Green Environmentalist Party (PVEM).
On Aug. 14, Calderón commented on the election’s outcome, saying, "The significant phenomenon is the fall of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), which leads to an enormously different composition of the Chamber of Deputies."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Felipe Calderón’s performance as president?
|
|
Aug. 2009 |
Mar. 2009 |
Nov. 2008 |
|
Approve |
54% |
54% |
58% |
|
Disapprove |
37% |
38% |
36% |
Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Mexican adults, conducted from Aug. 6 to Aug. 9, 2009. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
