Global Views Public Opinion Poll (President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval and trust ratings)

Global Views Public Opinion Poll

(June 19, 2009)

1. President Ma Ying-jeou’s approval and trust ratings:

Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
April 2008	60.5%	17.5%
May 2008	58.3%	11.9%
June 2008	37.8%	46.2%
July 2008	27%	60.4%
August 2008	36.1%	47.6%
September 2008	24.9%	64.5%
October 2008	23.6%	67.6%
November 2008	29.8%	58.2%
December 2008	30.8%	58.4%
January 2009	28.7%	57.3%
February 2009	34.5%	54.8%
March 2009	28.6%	58.3%
April 2009	32.8%	57.6%
May 2009	38.9%	48.6%
June 2008	40.7%	46.1%

Date	Trust	Distrust
June 2008	55.4%	27.7%
July 2008	46.3%	38.5%
August 2008	51.3%	31%
September 2008	46%	41.2%
October 2008	42.9%	43.4%
November 2008	48.1%	38.5%
December 2008	47.4%	37.5%
January 2009	44.5%	39.9%
February 2009	48.7%	36.5%
March 2009	45%	40.2%
April 2009	49.6%	35.2%
May 2009	50.3%	33.9%
June 2008	45.4%	38.0%

2. Do you think that the ROC President should double as party chairman?

Yes, if nominated and elected by the party	25.4%
No, since the President is also the commander in chief	55.0%
Don’t know	19.6%

3. Figures showing the satisfaction ratings of the performance of the KMT legislators in the Legislative Yuan:

Date	Satisfied	Dissatisfied
April 2008	38.7%	39.3%
June 2008	27.2%	49.4%
July 2008	22.4%	59.7%
August 2008	26.3%	53.6%
September 2008	21.7%	59.3%
October 2008	22.1%	61.7%
November 2008	27.9%	56.7%
December 2008	24.7%	58.7%
January 2009	22.2%	57.8%
February 2009	28.0%	56.9%
March 2009	19.9%	61.5%
April 2009	23.8%	58.7%
May 2009	27.0%	56.5%
June 2008	23.1%	58.1%

Note: This poll was conducted from 18:20 pm to 22:00 pm on June 16 to 17 with 1,004 people over 20 years of age surveyed. The margin of error associated with this sample is plus or minus 3.1 % with a 95 % confidence interval.

Source: Global Views Magazine Public Opinion Poll Center

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