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Calderón Drops Below 50% Mark in Mexico
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
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March 14, 2010
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Public support for Felipe Calderón has fallen markedly in Mexico, according to a poll by GEA-ISA. 45 per cent of respondents approved of their president’s performance, down seven points since November.
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 2009. 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 Mar. 10, Calderón appointed Gloria Guevara as Mexico’s new tourism minister, replacing Rodolfo Elizondo. Calderón declared: "This will be of great importance to design effective strategies to attract visitors and consequently generate more jobs and well-being for Mexicans."
Mexico’s tourism industry has been greatly affected by drug violence and last year’s outbreak of H1N1 influenza, also referred to as swine flu.
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Felipe Calderón’s performance as president?
Approve | Mar. 2010 - 45% | Nov. 2009 - 52% | Aug. 2009 - 54%
Disapprove | Mar. 2010 - 53% | Nov. 2009 - 46% | Aug. 2009 - 37%
Source: GEA-ISA
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Mexican adults, conducted from Feb. 27 to Mar. 1, 2010. Margin of error is 4 per cent.
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