Journalists' approval of Mexican president 2018

On average, two out of three Mexican journalists and opinion leaders said, in October 2018, that they approved the newly elected president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, also known as AMLO.

Considering Latin America altogether, Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez scored the highest approval rate by journalists in the region.

Approval of opinion leaders and journalists in Mexico on president Andrés Manuel López Obrador as of October 2018

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Firmly approves	27%
Somehow approves	37%
Somehow disapproves	20%
Firmly disapproves	16%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

October 2 to 29, 2018

Number of respondents

362*

Special properties

Among opinion leaders and journalists who publish their work in Mexican media

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

* Number of overall respondents in Latin America. The source does not specify the number of interviewees in each country.
The survey was carried out after Mexico's 2018 presidential elections, but before Andrés Manuel López Obrador was sworn in, on December 1st 2018.
The original question posed on the survey was: '¿Qué tan favorable o desfavorable es su opinión del presidente electo de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador?'

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