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 Business News | November 2006 
Fox Good or Average for Most Mexicans
 Angus Reid
Adults in Mexico offer mixed reviews on the six-year mandate of Vicente Fox, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 38 per cent of respondents rate the president’s performance as good, while 41 per cent deem it average.
In addition, 46 per cent of respondents believe Fox was better than previous presidents, while only 11 per cent think he did a worse job.
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 was affected by setbacks in getting a series of reform proposals through Congress.
Mexican voters chose their new president on Jul. 2. Official results placed Felipe Calderón of the PAN as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots, followed by Andrés Manuel López Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) with 36.11 per cent.
On Nov. 27, PRD lawmaker Luis Sánchez Jiménez criticized the way Fox dealt with the legislative branch, saying, "It was a permanent conflict, and he kept blaming us for Mexico’s setbacks." PAN lawmaker Cristián Castaño offered a different assessment, declaring, "The era where the executive branch effectively controlled the legislature is over. Today we have a balance of power which is part of the democratic process."
The Mexican president will step down on Dec. 1.
Polling Data
How would you rate the tenure of Vicente Fox as president?
Good - 38% | Average - 41% | Bad - 18%
Would you say Fox was better, the same or worse than previous presidents?
Better - 46% | The same - 40% | Worse - 11%
Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,200 Mexican adults, conducted from Nov. 11 to Nov. 13, 2006. Margin of error is 3.5 per cent. |
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