Alarm Bells for President Boric: Why Young Chileans Are Losing Faith
The investigation showed how recent events have influenced public opinion.
The latest edition of Datavoz Political Leadership Monitor (MLP) revelation how the Monsalve case affected negatively citizen evaluation of the President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric.
The study confirmed that the complaint of rape against former undersecretary Manuel Monsalve caused a a significant drop in approval in some authorities.
In this sense, the Datavoz research showed, which compared the evaluation of respondents at two key moments How recent events have influenced public opinion.
Manuel Monsalve and Gabriel Boric experience significant falls
The results are overwhelming. Manuel Monsalve and Gabriel Boric recorded the steepest reductions in their valuation.
The net evaluation of Monsalve decreased from -0.49% to -27.17%, a decrease of -26.68 points, placing it among the ten most negatively mentioned figures.
Gabriel Boric, for his part, fell from -18.18% to -31.47%. a decrease of -13.29 points, driven in particular by the deterioration of its image among young people aged between 18 and 34, a group where it used to get a better score in previous editions of the MLP. In this sector, his net evaluation plunged 24 points.
Paulina Valenzuela, founding partner of Datavoz, explained that “the case created great confusion and a perception of chaos which also affected the image of President Boric. Citizens saw poor communication management and little clarity in the information given by La Moneda, which translates to this sudden drop. “
Valenzuela added that Monsalve’s negative evaluation could have been even more serious, given the situation, and he does not rule that out MLP November the discount increases.
The Monsalve case
Tohá had a moderate effect
Unlike the results obtained by President Boric, The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, registered a small increase in her net evaluation, which rose from -19.16% before October 17 to -16.78% after that date.
“Although its valuation had been falling before the Monsalve case, probably influenced by public questioning about security management, it appears that the incident has not yet had an additional negative impact on its figure, which suggesting that the negative charge was concentrated on other government figures, allowing Tohá to overcome, at the time of this measurement, the debate with moderate effect”said the Datavoz report.