President Claudia Sheinbaum registered an approval of 81%, the largest so far, and a disapproval of 15%, closing the fourth month of her mandate and in the middle of the tensions with the United States, a survey of the newspaper revealed on Tuesday The financial.
The figures are compared to 78% of favorable and 18% unfavorable opinions that the president received in December, of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), so it is a significant change of survey, with a margin of error of 3.3%.
The opinion study also addressed the relationship with the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who took possession on January 20, which, according to 52% of respondents, is “unfavorable”, while only 31% He saw as “favorable.”
The study was conducted before the conversation held on Monday both leaders for the threat to the imposition of 25% of tariffs on Mexican products by the United States.
“The survey indicates that the perception of deterioration in the bilateral relationship grew for the third consecutive month, since last November, when Donald Trump won the elections in the neighboring country,” said the newspaper.
According to the survey, 47% of Mexicans considered the bilateral relationship as “bad or very bad”; while 31% described it as “good or very good.”
On Trump’s mass deportations, 79% said they are concerned “a lot or something,” while 21% said “little or nothing.”
This is because Mexicans are about half of the almost 11 million migrants in an irregular situation in the United States and their remittances represent almost 4% of Mexico’s economy.
The study also revealed that 56 % of Mexicans saw “very likely” that Trump imposes tariffs on Mexico, just a less percentage point of how they saw it in the December survey.
While 69% of those consulted considered that Mexico would harm “much” that the American make tariffs effective.
Worries insecurity
The survey also addressed the perception of public insecurity in the country, which “continues to grow”, when it reaches 78% of mentions in January, exceeding 68% in December, “which had been the highest in at least two years” , explained the newspaper.
He also revealed that 44% of respondents think that Sheinbaum has addressed the issue of insecurity, while 45% see it “bad.”
In addition, 69% considered that the issue of organized crime is “bad” and only 25% described it as “good.”
Specifically, the survey asked people about the situation of insecurity in Sinaloa, a state that suffers a wave of violence since September 2024, for the war between the main fractions of the Sinaloa Cartel: the Mayos and the Chapitos.
In the state, 88% of respondents considered that public security is “bad or very bad.”
The last survey was conducted by telephone to 900 adults from all over the country from 8 to 14 and from January 23 to 27 with a 95%confidence level.
With EFE information.
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