(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes remains remarkably popular, according to a poll by Consulta Mitofsky. 88.2 per cent of respondents agree with the way Funes is leading the government, up 3.6 points since August.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes remains remarkably popular, according to a poll by Consulta Mitofsky. 88.2 per cent of respondents agree with the way Funes is leading the government, up 3.6 points since August.
El Salvador held a legislative election in January. Final results gave the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) 42.60 per cent of the vote and 35 seats in the Legislative Assembly, followed by the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) with 38.55 per cent and 32 seats. The National Conciliation Party (PCN), the Christian Democratic Party (PDC), and the Democratic Change (CD) party also elected members to the legislature.
A presidential election took place in March. The FMLN’s Funes won with 51.32 per cent of all cast ballots, defeating ARENA’s Rodrigo Ávila. ARENA had won four straight presidential elections in the Central American country. Incumbent president Antonio Saca was ineligible for a consecutive term in office. Funes took office in June.
On Dec. 15, Funes said El Salvador will not join the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a group created by Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to promote the so-called 21st Century Socialism. Funes said that his government "will give not a single step to incorporate Salvador into the ALBA or the 21st Century Socialism," citing reasons of "political pragmatism."
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with the way Mauricio Funes is governing?
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Nov. 2009
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Aug. 2009
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May 2009
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Agree
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88.2%
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84.6%
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81.8%
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Disagree
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9.2%
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11.7%
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12.1%
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Source: Consulta Mitofsky
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Salvadoran adults, conducted from Nov. 27 to Nov. 29, 2009. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.
