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Support for Arias Now at 55%
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) -
More Costa Rican adults are
content with Óscar Arias Sánchez,
according to a poll by
CID-Gallup: 55% of respondents
rate their president’s
performance as good or very
good, up 11 points since August.
Arias - a member of the National
Liberation Party (PLN) - won the
February 2006 presidential
election with 40.92% of all cast
ballots. Arias headed the
government from 1986 to 1990,
and was able to run again after
the Costa Rican Legislative
Assembly opted to bring back
presidential re-election in
2003. He was sworn in for the
second time in May 2006.
In December, the Arias announced
that he would donate his full
salary to charity starting in an
attempt to teach Costa Ricans
the value of generosity. Arias
signed his decision into a
decree, declaring, "The world
needs more altruism and more
philanthropy."
The president said he was
following the three principles
of the French Revolution -
"Equality, Freedom and
Brotherhood" - with special
attention on brotherhood.
Polling Data
How would you rate the
performance of Óscar Arias
Sánchez as president?
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Jan. 2007 |
Aug. 2006 |
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Very good / Good |
55% |
44% |
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Average |
26% |
28% |
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Poor / Very poor |
9% |
16% |
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Not sure |
10% |
12% |
Source: CID-Gallup
Methodology: Interviews with
1,213 Costa Rican adults,
conducted from Jan. 20 to Jan.
28, 2007. Margin of error is 2.8
per cent.
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