Re: Musharraf's rating plumments
IRI again, well I guess we do take US govts views as the gospel :)
I looked at the powerpoint june 06-jun 07, some obervations..
well IRI survey also shows that there was an upsurge of sentiment about the econmic condition in the country and even in june 2007 more ppl believed that econmic conditions were getting better than those who thought so in june 2006, ofcourse earlier in the year 41% had positive outlook on economy..dont think 41% are the elite..as some may say here.
1% thought musharraf resigning from army was amajor eection issue...contrary to whatmany here say
13% thought overty was a big issue...contraryto what many here seem to believe
law and order and political reform did not seem to be big issues from people's perspective..
45% of the people did not support a general strike to protest 5/12 and 12% did not know or did not responf, so appears while majority did not liek what happened they did not support the strike either.
71% ofthe nation was concerned about lal masjid situation, contrary to what some maluvi hazrats views have been
for presidents achevements the percentage of ppl who considered his performance good.(bad)
swift and across the board accountability 48% (41%)
devolution of power to grassroots level 50% (37%)
depoliticizing state institutions 47% (42%)
ensuring law and order and dispensin speedy justice 48% (44%)
reviving economy and restoing investor confidence 47% (40%)
strengtheing the federation 45% (42%)
rebuilding confidence and morale 53% (35%)
hmmmmm looks like more people gave him good than poor grade on every single point...
now it does show that in jun 2007, 34% of the people think he is doing a good job versus 49% ppl who disapprove, yet back in june 2006 when his approval rating was 60% we had experts on GS disputing the number and sources :D
interesting to note that while hs performance took a hit in oct 06 in nwfp and balochistan big time, it had a big time gain in punjab in that period, sindh also went up buut by a few points..so what happened around oct 06 :D
for ifti's chahnay walay, 38% of the ppl felt that niether he nor musharraf would be good to lead pakistan 32% thought musharra was better and 25% thought ifti was better
qazi, altaf, fazl and altaf are the bottom four politicians.
and even after all this 32% think BB is bestt o lead pak 27% think musharraf and 21% think Nawaz. rest of the players are worthless on their own..
best leader by province chart shoes the ethnic divide..
nawaz leads punjab..musharraf is second
bhutto leads sindh..musharraf is second
musharraf leads nwfp..I guess they are tired of MMA..BB is second
BB leads balochistan..musharraf is second
seems like after all is said and done he is a viable choice for many people across the country, and with no one really to get a clear majority..he will be a player either way.
