2012-09-01

Now France's leader sinks in the polls

I covered this phenomena here, with Japan as the test case. Every prime minister since the mid-2000s starts with a high approval rating and immediately sinks due to negative social mood. The spike is a reflection of a brief moment of hope, which is overwhelmed by the main trend in social mood within weeks or months af taking office.

Now France is the same:
French pessimism nears all-time high -poll
The French are bleaker about their country's future than at any time since 2005, a new poll showed on Saturday, with 68 percent saying they are "rather" or "very" pessimistic, the highest level ever in the initial months of a new presidency.

The poll's findings jibed with a survey released last weekend which found that Socialist President Francois Hollande's approval rating had slipped to 54 percent, continuing a steady decline since he took office in May.

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