Peru: President Vizcarra's approval rating up 10 points

10:05 | Lima, Aug. 9.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra's approval rating increased 10 percentage points in August, from 39% to 49%, the latest Datum (Pulso Peru) poll revealed Thursday.

On the other hand, the study reveals that 42% of the population disapproves of the Head of State's job performance compared to 52% last month.

This rise in the presidential approval rating was underpinned by the support he received in Lima (56%), followed by eastern (55%), northern (49%), central (40%), and southern (34%) regions in the country.

It must be noted 51% of this support came from urban areas and 42% from rural ones.

As is known, Vizcarra took office on March 23 to replace resigning Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. In his recent address to the nation, he pledged to fight corruption.

Technical details

Pollster name: Datum Internacional S.A.

Published by: Peru21 and Gestion newspapers

Coverage: National level

Sample size: 1,200 respondents

Margin of error: +/- 2.8%

Level of confidence: 95%

Fieldwork period: August 3rd-7th, 2018

Website: www.datum.com.pe

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