Sunday, February 28, 2010

Mitofsky in February

Mitofsky's latest poll shows that despite all the coverage of Juárez and the improving economic figures, 69 percent of the nation thinks that issues related to the economy are Mexico's biggest problem, compared to a little more than a quarter who say that security issues are paramount, although the numbers shifted toward security by almost five points in the past three months.

Another interesting piece of info is Mexicans' approval of Calderón compared to that of their respective mayors and governors. The president earned a 53.4 percent approval in the quarter ending in February, which compares to 55.3 percent for mayors and 65.5 percent for governors. All of these have been dropping for the past year or so, and the mayor and Calderón ranking have flip-flopped a number of times since 2007. But the governor's rating has been consistently ten or so points above the other two executive positions. Why is that?
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2 comments:

  1. Paul RobertsMarch 2, 2010 at 3:10 AM

    Given who we have as Governor in Jalisco and the stupidities he regularly gets up to, this seems inexplicable to me.......and then there are the Governors of Puebla and Oaxaca to name just a few.

    Perhaps it is because people feel they have a more personal connection with their governor and its more to do with local identity. I cant see that it is related to state government performance

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  2. pcMarch 2, 2010 at 6:37 AM

    Yeah that's what I don't get about. There are some true nut bags at the state level across the nation. I guess the thing is that they are somewhat protected from the worst effects of the economic decline and the president is more of a lightning rod, but it makes little sense.

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