Opinion poll shows Cristina Fernandez rapidly losing support; crime and inflation main concerns
Argentine President Cristina Fernández popularity sank to 30% in August, less than half of what it was a year earlier, according to a poll published on Sunday that portrayed a country worried about crime and high inflation.
The telephone survey of 2,259 voting-age Argentines by polling company Management & Fit showed disgruntlement over the same interventionist policies that won Cristina Fernández a landslide re-election 10 months ago.
The popularity of the 59-year-old politician fell by 8.1 percentage points between August and July alone. As recently as September last year, a month before winning her second term, Fernandez had 64.1% popularity while campaigning on promises of deepening the interventionist policy model of her late husband and predecessor as president, Néstor Kirchner.
Since then the economy has slowed, and the Management & Fit poll suggests most people are not buying CFK's argument that external factors are mostly to blame.
The perception of an increase in street crime was first on the list of complaints voiced by participants in the poll, which had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points. No official crime statistics were available to back this up.
Annual inflation, clocked by private analysts at over 20%, was another worry voiced in the survey. The government fines economists who publish their inflation estimates, which tend to double or triple the official figures.
Participants in the poll also cited growing worries about unemployment. The country's second quarter jobless rate edged up to 7.2% from 7.1% percent in the first three months of the year. CFK image benefited from a fast-growing economy during most of her first four-year term.
Activity is now being slowed by fallout from Europe's debt crisis, softer demand from key trade partner Brazil and government-imposed currency and import curbs that have further hurt confidence in the economy.
Of those surveyed, 44.5% said Cristina Fernández' policies were the main cause of Argentina's economic stagnation, while just 8% blamed it on spill-over from problems in other countries.
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But it would be wrong to wish this on the Argentine people who deserve a real politician in charge to run their country properly.
And Argentina, note that the FIG run their country very efficiently so I'm sure for a reasonable consultancy fee, FIG could instruct you how to run your country successfully so that none of your people experience poverty fuel shortages etc etc .
My guess is that if Argentina was as successful as they should be, the Falklands would become an extremely peripheral issue, and of course any Argentine president with half a functioning brain that accepted the FIG and spoke to them on cooperation, would be increasing Patagonia's economy dramatically.
The World's top protectionist country
Has more international trade disputes running than any other country
Is regarded as an pariah state by international money lenders
Argentine Peso falling in value on a daily basis - devaluation on the way?
Questions currently being raised about G20 status
Laughably trying to sue British companies lawfully drilling for oil in Falkland waters
4 more years - yes please!
Is a joke on the World stage
And, don't forget the one excuse she has - none of her core supporters can afford a telephone and so could not take part in the poll! I would imagine that most of them have difficulty in reading as well and so will miss the results.
So that's alright then: re-election in 2015 here we come. LOL :o)
Read an article today that Moreno is worried about deflation! I think he is confusing unprofitable companies, lower consumer volume with deflation. This could get very interesting since how do you cure deflation? Increase prices...hmm anyone think they'll be over 50% inflation this year? I also heard a 24% wage increase will be allowed. So does that mean they'll be losing 26% of their buying power? (Axel care to answer?)
Cornered animals bite and snarl and are very dangerous.
Glad I can watch from afar.
Losers.
In this regard publish a survey of an agency well know as hard and direct opposition to the government policies, published in a newspaper (Clarin) with strong opposition and figth against the Argentine government and now republished by Mercopress, other Media strong biased against the current Argentine policies, gives no ethical value to result or what you want to report objectively.
Perhaps an impartial optical of CFK's strength and real power can be provided by Forbes, whom ranked the democratically elected president of Argentina in 10 positions higher in importance, power and influence than the Queen Elizabeth II, a monarchy that only represent an obsolete and the decadence of an empire.
Britain, Pitty,,,,,,long time ago respected by certain values……today totally lost. Ecuadorean affair is only a example of this present..
MOST POWERFULL WOMEN
1- Angela Merkel
2- Hillay Clinton
3- Dilma Rouseff
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7- Michelle Obama
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16- Cristina FErnandez de Kirchner
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26- Queen Elizabeth II
www.forbes.com/power-women/list/
Its funny that you'd even post that......
“Macri is complaining about rampant propaganda promoted by the national government to impose its ideas. The mayor has set up a toll-free telephone number where citizens can report on the activism of La Cámpora, the Kirchnerite youth group that has been accused of canvassing in secondary schools. Part of the argument is about a novel-length comic book called El Eternauta. After Néstor Kirchner, the President’s husband and predecessor, died suddenly of a heart attack in 2010 La Cámpora depicted the late leader as a hero from that comic book story. Clad in an astronaut-like suit Kirchner was christened by his followers the Nestornauta. Macri has accused La Cámpora of now using El Eternauta in schools to plug Kirchnerism to students.”
www.buenosairesherald.com/article/109773/all-the-cash-that%E2%80%99s-fit-to-print
They're really giving the Nazis and North Koreans a run for their money in the “warping the minds of children” stakes.
hey're really giving the Nazis and North Koreans a run for their money in the “warping the minds of children” stakes. Chavez does the same thing but he has U$ to spread around too...she doesn't...
Aug 27th, 2012 - 02:27 pm
CFK is at #16, HM Queen Elizabeth II is ar #26, but the differences are huge, CFK is the POLITICAL leader of a country, HM is the MONARCH of a nation and leader of the Commonwealth, she has also been in that position for the last 60 years!!!!!
And she is absolutely out of her depth as a leader of a country. She was never meant to run the country. She was supposed to be Nestor's puppet until he repaired his image and could be voted into power again. The plan hit a bump when he dropped dead.
They say Clarin lies. How tedious a cliche that isnt even true. A better description would be -Clarin tries to discredit us-. And what does the system have to fear so much? If the economy was stable and the future rosy the Peronist systems actions would speak alot louder than its scaredy-cat words and fear mongering about the -enemies of the state-.
CFK doesnt deny that that her party are spreading propaganda around schools nor that they release recently convicted brutal murderers to take part in their propaganda activities (Though obviously she uses different words) Theyre not lies. Lies are the INDEC figures for 10% inflation or that its possible to eat sufficiently on 6 pesos a day.
Son of a bitch!...
If you think you worth something....why don't you face the Taliban?..
...that is the real threat against the world!..
Here in the US we are all watching our backs worry about who is going to attack first...
Israel will slap Iran?
Iran will slap Israel?...
the US election is within the next 70 days...and we all are expecting trouble...in Hormuz.
Why don't you move there?
Aug 27th, 2012 - 05:13 pm
I keep saying this but you really should try to ignore Conk. I think he is on the wrong medication.
Who are you to make comments about South America...
Why don't do something for the USA Debt Clock...tic tic tic
Hey, face the facts...how long the USA will keep borrowing money from third world countries?...
Can you donate your “wealth” to Uncle Sam?
The best english arse for you is the one from UK Prince Harry...is that your next f*** ?
The whole WORLD is seeing the photos from UK Prince Harry naked..
poor UK...royals scandals, royals divorces, royals nudity...
CAN YOU READ WHAT @34..IS TELLING TO ALL...
SHE SHOULD READ THE UK NEWS FIRST INSTEAD OF POSTING HER COMMENTS...
UK PRINCE HARRY PHOTO IS NOT SHOWN IN THE UK, ACCORDING TO THE NEWS,...... WHY?... THE UK IS SHOCKED TO SEE UK PRINCE HARRY CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY UNDERWEAR...
HEHEHE...UK PRINCE HARRY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA USA....HEHEHE
@34
READ THE UK NEWS.....
GO HOME
@36 agent999
aka Isolda,
yensere,
skare,
briton,
conqueerrrrrrr,
Zhivago,
Conor Louden-Brown....
Captain Poppy
Hey!...if this is what you want....
this is what you get.....
passing time....
lol
She's there with the money of our pockets.
Its only a matter of times before things start to fall into pieces.
All of you peronists pricks needs to die.
If i was her i would be starting the engine on that helicopter and make sure the fuel tank is full.
The only things you and the UK team needs to do are:
1. Stay away of making unacceptables comments about Argentina,
the argentine leader and argentinians.
2. Please, tell UK Prince Harry not to release, intentionally, his photo of
his arse....rubbish bloody royal crap!
3. Furnish a free rental apartment to Fergie Ferguson, ex-wife of UK
Prince Andrew. She does not own nothing in the UK or overseas...
she does not have even a retirement benefit...
4. Avoid posting “big” name such as yours when we all know that is the
same Isolde....
The UK team is loosing...but, if they prefer to make a fool of themselves...is better for you to work in Las Vegas selling the cornish pasty to the illegals immigrants...they are the only ones that pays a penny for each cornish pasty.
lol
Keep Calm and Carry On chaps......
Maybe Fergie can go and live in Argentina with her step-father,
check the ISPs, nobody else is posting from Toronto!
SBUS sees Isolde around every corner :-)
She even thinks that I am Isolde, too!!
She's afraid of Isolde and hates her because of it...
Right, sussie/slum goddess?????
I am laughing at you ha ha!!
Why is'nt he here making up some guff about his beloved goddess.
Or does everyone think like me that he just got bored of pretending to like her to be a wind-up merchant.
SBUS is a waste of space - just ignore it.
“SBUS is a waste of space - just ignore it.”
Of course. He just amuses me when he gets all paranoid, froths at the mouth, and adopts yet another identity.
He can't hide his perversions when he flies off the handle
:-D
Lol, i'm from Argentina, you idiot.
Hablo español mejor que vos, boludo.
up against the pesos,so she is popular with me.
Why are you always mentioning these fictional islands? They cannot be found on any map, I have searched for them. Do you mean the Maldives?
You must be dreaming. Oh and about you being much worse. Well how? CFK is leaving your country bankrupt. What are you going to do, cry and hold your breath until the UK gives you what you want? JAJAJAJAJAJAJA!
However, CFK the end is nigh.
And theres changing the constitution to suit an individual. Not a good move for democracy as history has clearly shown us.
Its sad if Argentines believe that someone else could NOT do a better job than this current shower of shit - 30% and rising inflation, all unions demanding pay rises above the entirely deceitful INDEC inflation rate, sense of economic and social instabilty, missing funds from government agencies etc etc
What a shame. All that opportunity wasted.
web.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/Cartagena.jpg?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=81924&part=2
If you look at the history of SA countries tand the presidents....they always change the constitution to fit and increase their power. And the people do not care. And it's no wonder that stability will never arrive in latin america.
Theses self proclaimed leaders of democracy have nothing to say about cuba and the lack of democracy.
I see Lady Gaga has managed to slip in to 14th place....before CFK ;)
Lady Gaga is therefore more powerful than CFK - I can see the sense in that
enough said there
Whilst not a monarchist - QE has far more respect around the world than Your Presidente... who frankly is a bit of a joke. I am not political either but I do read this forum, mainly to see what that nutbar is going to do next!
She entertains me
British_Kirchnerist - man/woman you really need to get over this fettish of yours...
The winner is Prince Harry photo of his bare asshole.
don't you know men assholes are better than any “vagina neck”?
REally lepercon? You sound like in a fairy tale.
Let see..Malvinas Does not exist!(Use some optical glasses,YOU REALLY NEED THEM!)
Really?
maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
geology.com/south-america-satellite-images.shtml
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fk.html
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Malvinas
www.google.ca/imgres?q=islas+malvinas+malvinas&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1280&bih=827&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=-JG9KCqbbfQD1M:&imgrefurl=marcialcandioti.wordpress.com/2012/04/03/mensajes-de-reflexion-islas-malvinas-la-hermanita-perdida/&imgurl=http://marcialcandioti.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/0106011_malvinasarg2.gif&w=380&h=260&ei=E0E9ULGtEObP6wHtyoGgCQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=168&vpy=322&dur=109&hovh=186&hovw=272&tx=181&ty=85&sig=102475616154299433894&page=1&tbnh=147&tbnw=171&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:92
wonder that stability will never arrive in latin america.
Theses self proclaimed leaders of democracy have nothing to say about cuba and the lack of democracy
And how many million the “civlized”uk killed and deprived their freedonm in the quest of the empire??
let see leper..dreaming. Oh and about you being much worse. Well how? CFK is leaving your country bankrupt. What are you going to do, cry and hold your breath until the UK gives you what you want
AHAHAHHAHAHAHA,Argentina is BOOMING! With the soybean,oil,copper,Lemmons,Sugar,ethanol,milk,at all time high....AHAHAHA what miserably retard you are..
The future of uk ?/ FINISHED!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbLfje8_jgI
UK will Collapse Jim Rogers Investment Guru !!!!!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4I9jKLevUE&feature=relmfu
AHAHAHAHHAHA!!
Here is a question I have been intending to ask for a while.
Have you always been this stupid or did you take lessons?
Ha, ha, to the power google. You are so funny!
She is falling in popularity because her policies do not deliver good social or economic returns for her people, not because Prince Harry was caught enjoying himself.
Brace yourselves for a new blast of populist national socialism, and no doubt further attacks on innocent Falkland Islanders to try to undermine their livelihoods.
Isn't it time for the Argentine opposition to advance their policies and proposals to improve the lot of their people. Try giving something back instead of just trying to accumulate personal wealth and power.
CFK has less and less advisors because she will not listen to those who tell her things are not so good, less and less credibility in the international community because of her aggressive behaviour towards all her neighbours, and less and less support at home because she really does not care about the disadvantaged.
Time to move on.
More stealing businesses in Argentina
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