Monday, June 29, 2009

Argentines’ Faith in Leadership Down Ahead of Elections

By Ian T. Brown

·   Approval at 29% in 2008, a drop from 62% in 2006

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Argentina's midterm congressional elections will take place June 28, having been accelerated four months because of the country's rapid economic decline. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner brought the elections forward, which critics are seeing as a referendum on her and her husband's, former president Nestor Kirchner, economic policies. Gallup Polls suggest that Fernandez's government faces more hurdles than the affects of the global economic slowdown. Argentines' approval of their country's leadership has declined precipitously over the past three years.

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For the complete Gallup Poll article, please link to (Argentines’ Faith in Leadership Down Ahead of Elections).

Reprinted with permission