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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | June 2005 
Numbers for President Fox Drop in Mexico
 Angus Reid
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Mexico City - Fewer Mexican adults are satisfied with Vicente Fox, according to a poll by Consulta Mitofsky. 53.9 per cent of respondents approve of the president’s performance, an 8.5 per cent drop since February.
Fox - of the National Action Party (PAN) - ended 71 years of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the 2000 election, winning a six-year term with 42.5 per cent of the vote. The president has been affected by setbacks in getting a series of reform proposals through Congress.
Last month, Fox was criticized for his comments during a speech in Puerto Vallarta, where he declared, "There’s no doubt that Mexican men and women - full of dignity, resolve and ability - are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States."
The statement drew stern criticism from African American leaders in the U.S. - including Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton - as well as State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. While the Mexican president did not issue an apology and claimed he had been misinterpreted, a communiqué from the Foreign Affairs Secretariat stated that Fox "regretted any hurt feelings his statements may have caused."
On May 31 in Monterrey, Fox expressed confidence in his government’s achievements, saying, "They say we have not delivered, but one thing we will do is depart with a fiscal balance for the next year without indebting the next generation, and leaving a viable country." 62.2 per cent of respondents believe the country is headed in the wrong track, a 10.2 per cent increase since February.
Polling Data
Do you agree or disagree with the way Vicente Fox is governing?
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Agree |
Disagree |
| May 2005 |
53.9% |
43.6% |
| Feb. 2005 |
62.4% |
36.0% |
| Nov. 2004 |
55.3% |
40.3% |
Would you say the country is headed in the right direction, or on the wrong track?
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Right direction |
Wrong track |
| May 2005 |
26.7% |
62.2% |
| Feb. 2005 |
38.2% |
52.4% |
| Nov. 2004 |
29.3% |
59.2% |
Source: Consulta Mitofsky
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews to 1,200 Mexican adults, conducted from May 15 to May 23, 2005. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent. |
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