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Weekly Report - 20 August 2009 (WR-09-33)
EL SALVADOR: Funes wins stratospheric approval rating
President Mauricio Funes enjoys an approval rating of 86%, according
to a poll conducted in late July and released this week by CID-Gallup. This is a
remarkable achievement in a country characterised by deep political
polarisation. It is also the highest approval rating of any Central American
president polled in the last decade. The most eye-catching feature of the poll -
a survey of 1,218 respondents from across El Salvador - was that 68% of those
who admitted supporting the right-wing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena)
approved of Funes; only 23% disapproved.
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