(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Fewer people in Argentina are expressing a negative opinion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to a poll by Poliarquía Consultores. 38 per cent of respondents hold a negative view of their president, down 16 points since December.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Fewer people in Argentina are expressing a negative opinion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, according to a poll by Poliarquía Consultores. 38 per cent of respondents hold a negative view of their president, down 16 points since December.
In October 2007, Fernández de Kirchner won the presidential election with 44.9 per cent of the vote as the candidate for the Front for Victory (FV). In December, Mrs. Kirchner succeeded her husband, Néstor Kirchner, as Argentina’s head of state. The outgoing president was praised for fostering an economic recovery after a major crisis in 2002. Fernández de Kirchner vowed to address poverty and carry on with her husband’s fiscal policies.
In March 2008, the government faced weeks of massive protests by farmers angered by the introduction of a variable tax on soybean exports. Senators voted down the tax in July. The crisis prompted a cabinet re-shuffle.
Earlier this month, Fernández de Kirchner warned opposition lawmakers not to go ahead with a proposal to increase minimum monthly pension payments and link them to the minimum wage, saying, "If they approve the projects that they are discussing, in three months we would be in default."
The Lower House of Congress approved the bill, which will likely be vetoed by the president.
Polling Data
Do you have a positive or negative opinion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner?
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Aug. 2010
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Dec. 2009
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Aug. 2009
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Positive
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36%
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19%
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23%
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Average
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26%
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27%
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24%
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Negative
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38%
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54%
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53%
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Source: Poliarquía Consultores
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Argentine adults, conducted from Aug. 4 to Aug. 13, 2010. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent.
