Presidential Approval Plumbs New Lows

MEXICO - Report 15 Apr 2014 by Guillermo Valdes and Esteban Manteca

Executive Summary The most notable result of the latest GEA-ISA quarterly survey of voter opinion regarding governability is the extent to which President Enrique Peña’s approval ratings have fallen. Support of the administration has steadily weakened since mid-2013, but the poll from this past March showed approval had plummeted 18 percentage points, from a March 2013 reading of 55% to only 37%. The only previous time presidential approval ratings broke below 40% was shortly after President Ernesto Zedillo took office, as the “Tequila effect” crisis of late 1994 and 1995 unfolded. With the...

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