Saturday, February 19, 2011

Argentina .- The approval of President Cristina Fernandez fell to 46.8 percent

BUENOS AIRES, 18 Feb. The discharge of the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has fallen 2.3 points in February, up 46.8 percent, with eight months to the presidential election, according to a survey published Friday by local media collection. The study, conducted by research firm Management & Fit, is showing the first president to face presidential elections next October with a 27.1 percent support, although this figure represents a decline of two points since January.

With respect to his rivals, deputy Ricardo Alfonsin is in second place with 6.6 percent support, a post he had held in recent polls the head of the Government of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, who now has a 3, 6 per cent support. Fernandez has not confirmed whether race for reelection, but Cabinet ministers said it would seek another term after his current administration, which began with high popularity and has been affected by a conflict with the agricultural sector in 2008.

Some 45 percent of respondents have a positive view of the president, while 26 percent the president has a negative image. Moreover, the survey reveals that the main concern of the Argentine is insecurity, followed by unemployment and inflation. Fernandez, who took office in 2007, succeeded her husband Nestor Kirchner, whose death in October last year generated a great popular sympathy that led to a dramatic rise in the discharge of the president.

As the highest rated politician, governor of Buenos Aires and Argentina's vice president from 2003 to 2007, Daniel Scioli, has a 46.7 percent approval, followed by Fernandez de Kirchner, 45 percent, and Ricardo Alfonsin , presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Radical Civic Union and has the backing of 41.3 percent of respondents.

The survey was conducted between January 24 and February 3, 2854 people aged between 18 and 70 years in different regions of the country.

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