And that's just this week.
Fuckin'A!
Joanna
mike larkin wrote:
>http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1934
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> Michael Fox Venezuelanalysis.com
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>Venezuela's President Chavez during his weekly
>television program Aló Presidente.
>Credit: Prensa Miraflores
>
>Caracas, Venezuela, April 4, 2006According to the
>latest survey conducted by the Venezuelan Institute
>for Data Analysis (IVAD), 82.7% of the Venezuelan
>population looks favorably upon the job done by
>President Hugo Chavez.
>
>Of those interviewed; 22.9% said the President had
>done a regular to good job; 41.8% good; 18.4%
>excellent; 5.7% regular to bad; 5.5% bad and 4.6%
>terrible.
>
>The opinion poll was conducted between March 14 and
>17, among 1,200 individuals from Caracas, nine other
>state Capitals, and other smaller populations around
>the country.
>
>The same poll declared that 61.6% of those surveyed
>did not know who should be the primary opposition
>candidate in the December 3 presidential elections.
>Nevertheless, Julio Borges, from the Primero Justicia
>(Justice First) party, received the most support among
>the potential opposition presidential candidates, at
>8.9%, which is nowhere near the support President
>Chavez received at 61.4%. These latest numbers
>regarding Borges and Chavez have increased
>approximately 5% since similar IVAD polls where held
>in January.
>
>Although 82.8% believed that political parties are
>important, only 17.6% of those surveyed said that they
>were members of, or backed any of the 5 major
>opposition parties. Primero Justicia, a conservative
>political party that was formed in the late 90s
>received the most support of the opposition, with
>7.7%, followed by the former center-left governing
>party Accion Democratica with 3.2%; the conservative
>regional party Proyecto Venezuela with 3.1%; the
>Christian-Democratic party Copei with 1.9%; and the
>Zulia state-based party Un Nuevo Tiempo with 1.7%.
>President Chavez own political party, the MVR,
>received 40.2% support, while 30.2% were not
>affiliated with or sympathizers of any party.
>
>The results from this latest poll are similar,
>although slightly more favorable to the President than
>those made by IVAD 6 months ago. Interestingly, 72.6%
>of those recently surveyed also believed there to be a
>great deal of corruption in the country. Although
>President Chavez is not necessarily blamed for this
>corruption, 53.5% of those interviewed believed that
>the government is doing little or nothing to combat
>the problem. In an IVAD survey from February, 58,8%
>also declared that they believe the country is better
>off today because of the Chavez administration and
>just over the majority held the opinion that if Chavez
>is reelected, the general situation in the country
>will also improve.
>
>Luis Christiansen, President of Consultores 21, a 22
>year-old Venezuelan polling company, verified the
>credible record of its competitor IVAD, but declared,
>
honestly, we have not encountered statistics with
>greater than 80% support for Hugo Chavez since just
>after his election in 99.
>
>Results from the latest Consultores 21 poll, held
>January 27 to February 7, where 20,000 habitants from
>across the country were interviewed, are fairly modest
>in comparison with the latest IVAD results.
>Approximately 62% of those surveyed were favorable of
>the job done by the President, while approximately 38%
>where not. Additionally, 49.1% of those surveyed were
>in favor of the reelection of President Chavez against
>any other opposition candidate.
>
>According to Christiansen, the disparity between
>polling results can be attributed to the questions and
>indicators used by various polling agencies.
>
>
In Venezuela, you have to be clear about which
>question you are asking. If the question is, who is
>in support of President Chavez, its about half [of
>the population]. But if the question is bipolar-
>whether you support either Chavez or the Opposition-
>Chavez is king, by 2 to 1.
>
>
Right now we hear a lot about how Chavez has the
>support of the great majority of the country. Its
>true that he has a lot of people behind him. Its not
>absolute, but it is a lot more than anyone else,
said
>Christiansen.
>
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