| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | December 2009 
Mexico’s Calderón Less Popular in Last Quarter
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
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December 08, 2009
Mexican president Felipe Calderón still counts with the support of the majority of the population but his positive image has eroded in the past few months, according to a poll by Reforma. 52 per cent of respondents approve of Calderón’s performance, down 16 points since August.
Mexican voters chose their new president in July 2006. Official results placed Calderón of the conservative National Action Party (PAN) as the winner with 36.68 per cent of all cast ballots. Calderón—a former energy secretary—took over as Mexico’s head of state in December. During his campaign, he vowed to combat illicit drug trafficking and drug-related crime, as well as to boost Mexico’s economy.
Mexico held a mid-term legislative election in July. The opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) received 36.68 per cent of the vote, compared to 27.98 per cent for the PAN. The number of PAN lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies was decimated from 206 to 146. The PRI now controls 241 seats in the 500-member lower house, plus 17 seats from its ally, the Green Environmentalist Party (PVEM).
On Nov. 29, Calderón complained about lawmakers failing to pass a full set of proposed reforms to the country’s fiscal system, saying, "While a package was passed that resolves the most immediate problems, it is still far from a long-term solution to the structural problems Mexico faces."
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Felipe Calderón’s performance as president?
Approve | Nov. 2009 - 52% | Aug. 2009 - 68% | May 2009 - 69%
Disapprove | Nov. 2009 - 39% | Aug. 2009 - 24% | May 2009 - 25%
Source: Reforma
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,515 Mexican registered voters, conducted from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22, 2009. Margin of error is 2.8 per cent.
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