Some interesting results in a national Survey of Citizenship, Democracy and Narco Violence were reported this week. According to the survey’s authors, 70% of 7,400 Mexicans questioned nationwide said that the country should continue its war against organized crime. Only 27% said that Mexico’s next president should negotiate or make peace with the drug cartels. Although the results might appear to be ringing applause for president Felipe Calderon, there was a catch: 74% of those interviewed were of the opinion that Mexico currently “is losing the war against crime,” while only 27% said it is winning. It appears that most people give the government high marks for effort, but grade it low for actual results.
Respondents also overwhelmingly rejected the idea of legalizing drugs (76%). Most were decidedly in favor of focusing more resources on combating poverty and unemployment. The survey was conducted by researchers Gonzalez and Gonzalez.
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