Eighty-three percent rejects measures leading to communism (Venezuela)

[naaman fletcher]

http://english.eluniversal.com/2010/04/07/en_pol_esp_eighty-three-percent_07A3704219.shtml

The popularity of President Hugo Chávez has declined according to the latest opinion poll conducted by pollster Keller y Asociados. The probe into the way Venezuelans like or dislike President Chávez showed that 49 percent dislike him and 43 percent like the Venezuelan leader. This is the first time since 2003 that Chávez's popularity declines to such levels.

According to the poll conducted in 61 cities and towns over 20,000 people that took into account 78.6 percent of the population, 63 percent of the respondents consider that Venezuela is going in the wrong direction, and most say that public services are worsening. The sample was conducted between February 26 and March 13 and had a confidence level of 95.5 percent, as reported by the TV news network Globovisión in an article posted in its website.

According to the data provided in the survey, 79 percent of respondents feel that crime has worsened in 2009. Meanwhile, this percentage increased to 87 percent in 2010.

[protocol rv]

1. That's about right

I got a sense the tide is turning against the government. They just don't seem to get basic things done right. I really don't mind if a government wants to try socialism for a while, see what happens, but this isn't about socialism or capitalism, this is about people in charge who can't tie their shoe laces.