(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in Costa Rica have become more critical of Óscar Arias as the year continues, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nación. 44 per cent of respondents rate their president’s performance as good or very good, down three points since September.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in Costa Rica have become more critical of Óscar Arias as the year continues, according to a poll by Unimer published in La Nación. 44 per cent of respondents rate their president’s performance as good or very good, down three points since September.
Arias won the February 2006 presidential election with 40.92 per cent of all cast ballots as the candidate for the National Liberation Party (PLN). Arias had headed the government from 1986 to 1990, and was able to run again after the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly opted to bring back presidential re-election in 2003. He was sworn in for the second time in May 2006.
On Dec. 2 in Spain, Arias discussed the achievements of the 20th century, declaring, "From a material standpoint, we’re better than ever, but we had never seen so much barbarity, so many millions of people dying in civil wars."
The next presidential election in Costa Rica is scheduled for Feb. 7, 2010.
Polling Data
How would you rate Óscar Arias’s performance as president?
|
Nov. 2009 |
Sept. 2009 |
May 2009 |
|
|
Good / Very good |
44% |
47% |
37% |
|
Bad / Very bad |
22% |
17% |
14% |
Source: Unimer / La Nación
Methodology: Interviews with 2,438 Costa Rican adults, conducted from Nov. 23 to Nov. 26, 2009. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.
