Macri's approval ratings already under water after two months as President of Argentina.
After two months in office, President Mauricio Macri maintains a positive personal image; but has seen approval for his administration decline significantly in the last 40 days, and for the first time since taking office has a net negative job approval rating.
According to a survey published February 14 by local pollster CEOP, President Macri's job approval rating has lost ten points since December: 48.1% of respondents in the poll approved; but 49% disapproved. The factors weighing on Macri's approval most signifacantly, according to the CEOP poll, all concern the economy: rising prices, sharply higher rates and fares, attacks on collective bargaining, and the sudden rise in unemployment. They particularly disapproved of Macri's handling of rising prices, with 82% saying they were dissatisfied.
The same poll found, however, that Macri remains personally popular despite growing job disapproval, with 53.9% of respondents saying they have a positive image of him. CEOP director Roberto Bacman found that respondents generally "wish Macri well because they feel that if he does well this is good for us all."
The poll found strong support for collective bargaining, which is currently ongoing between trade unions and large employers. Asked what the percentage for 2016 cost-of-living increases should be, 35.7% said it should be "between 30% and 40%;" 18.9%, between 40% and 50%; and 12.3% indicated that raises should exceed 50%. On average, respondents believed that raises for 2016 should be 36.8% to cover the impact of rising prices. President Macri, however, has indicated that his administration will endorse raises of no more than "20 to 25%."
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