Approval for AMLO, 60% one month before the elections – El Financiero

One month before the federal elections, citizen approval of President López Obrador reaches 60 percentin accordance with the national survey of The financial, conducted in April to 800 adults by telephone. According to this newspaper’s series of surveys, Citizen support for the president has risen 6 points since last Januarywhen he obtained 54 percent approval.

Regarding government performance, the favorable opinion about management of the economy went up 10 points in the last month, from 28 to 38 percent. In contrast, the favorable opinion about the management of the corruption fell from 41 to 29 percent and the unfavorable rose from 43 to 54 percent. It is feasible that these changes in perceptions of performance reflect the dynamics of the electoral campaigns, although The public security sector moved less, registering 23 percent of favorable opinion in April, 3 points more than in March, and 64 percent of unfavorable opinion, 4 points less than the previous month. The evaluation of social supports gave 57 percent positive opinionthe same level as in March, and 28 percent negative opinion, two points more.

The matter of Mexico and Ecuador which took place at the beginning of the month, when the police forces of that country entered the Mexican embassy, ​​was also recorded in the survey: 48 percent of the people consulted considered it a success to break relations with Ecuador, compared to 34 percent who considered it a mistake. Besides, 34 percent saw it as a success that Mexico offered asylum to former Ecuadorian vice presidentcompared to 48 percent who considered it a mistake.

On balance, 39 percent rated positively the foreign policy of the AMLO government, while 36 percent gave it a negative rating. Divided opinion.

Methodology: National survey carried out by telephone to 800 Mexican adults on April 17 to 24, 2024. A probabilistic sampling of residential and cell phones was carried out in the 32 states. At a 95% confidence level, the margin of error for the estimates is +/-3.5 percent.