(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – A large proportion of adults in Chile are satisfied with the performance of their outgoing president, according to a poll by Adimark Gfk. 84 per cent of respondents approve of Michelle Bachelet’s performance.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – A large proportion of adults in Chile are satisfied with the performance of their outgoing president, according to a poll by Adimark Gfk. 84 per cent of respondents approve of Michelle Bachelet’s performance.
Bachelet—a former defence minister—was elected in a January 2006 run-off as the candidate for the centre-left Agreement of Parties for Democracy (CPD) with 53.49 per cent of all cast ballots. She officially took over as president in March 2006.
During her term, Bachelet faced massive protests staged by high school students complaining about the poor quality of public education, as well as street demonstrations in Santiago, the capital city, over the botched implementation of a new transportation program called Transantiago
In January, Chileans voted in the second round of the presidential election. Opposition candidate Sebastián Piñera of the centre-right Coalition for Change (CC) defeated former president Eduardo Frei of the governing CPD with 51.61 per cent of the vote.
The CPD had administered the Chilean government since the return of democracy after the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in March 1990. Bachelet was ineligible for a consecutive term in office. On Mar. 11, Piñera was sworn in as president.
On Mar. 10, in a farewell address to the country, Bachelet expressed satisfaction with her tenure, declaring, "I am handing over to the new government a country that is politically and socially stable, respected internationally and with authorities who have high credibility."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Michelle Bachelet’s performance as president?
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Mar. 2010
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Feb. 2010
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Jan. 2010
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Approve
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84%
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84%
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83%
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Disapprove
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10%
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11%
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10%
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Source: Adimark Gfk
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,129 Chilean adults, conducted from Mar. 3 to Mar. 6, 2010. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
