UPDATE:
FRENCH GIVE CHIRAC THE THUMBS DOWN
PARIS May 10, 2007 (AFP) - France's outgoing President Jacques Chirac's performance during his 12-year tenure was deemed to be "bad" by more than half of his countrymen, according to an opinion poll released Thursday.Fifty-four percent of those surveyed gave him the thumbs down, with 40 percent rating his presidency as "bad" and 14 percent saying it was "very bad," according to a survey conducted by the BVA institute.
Forty-two percent said he had been "good" and a mere two percent said his leadership had been "very good."
Responses of "crappy", "ruinous", and "abysmal" were included in the "good" tally. Propriety precludes our publishing the various responses in the "bad" tally. Please do not ask about "very bad".
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This will be the last monthly tracking poll for Jack as president-for-now of France.
He made no gains on last month's confidence, topping out at 30%, the high of the 15-month period. The imminent prospect of ex-Jack did not elicit the anticipated false love of good riddance from the electorate. [Brightening.] His no confidence number improved to 64%, a 3-point drop from last month. Had Jack only a longer tenure, we are confident that in two or three years' time that number would have plummeted to 62%, 60%, or possibly 59%. [Dreamy sigh.] Into the high 50s of no confidence, what a legacy that would have been.
QUESTION:
"Do you have confidence, some confidence, not much confidence, or no confidence in Jack Chirac to solve the problems that currently arise in France?"
ALL THE LOVE THEY HAVE
At Least They're Honest
FRANCE'S CHIRAC LEAVES WITH LOW NUMBERS
May 10, 2007 (Angus Reid) - In the final days of his mandate, the leadership capabilities of French president Jacques Chirac are trusted by few, according to a poll by TNS-Sofres published in Le Figaro. 64 per cent of respondents have no confidence in Chirac’s ability to face the country’s problems.
As this series of posts concludes, re-live Jack's plodding to nowhere here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
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