The approval of Argentina President Javier Milei recorded a five percentage drop in April, according to Atlasintel survey in partnership with Bloombergreleased this Monday (28). The approval rate fell from 46.5% in March to 41.8%, while disapproval had a slight reduction from 48.9% to 47.5%.
The federal government’s assessment as good or great suffered a significant drop from 44% to 35.7% in 30 days. On the other hand, the portion that considers bad or poor management decreased from 47.9% to 44.4%, while those classifying the government as regular increased from 6.9% to 17.4%.
The survey reveals that the increase in cost of living is currently the biggest concern of Argentines, cited by 53% of respondents. Corruption also stands out, being pointed as the main problem by 51.8% of respondents. In contrast, issues such as unemployment (29.5%), insecurity (26.5%) and weakening of institutions (18.4%) showed lower relative relevance.
Despite the drop in inflation expectations, economic pessimism remains: 47% of Argentines believe that the country’s economic situation will get worse over the next six months, while 39% expect an improvement. In addition, 46.6% consider it very likely that the country will enter recession next year, and another 17.1% believe this is likely.
The survey interviewed 1,681 Argentines between April 20 and 24, using random digital recruitment. The research has a 2 percentage error margin and a 95%confidence level.
