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Published: Wednesday | November 23, 2011 2 Comments
While the change in the leadership of the Government has sparked many early positives for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), new Prime Minister Andrew Holness is yet to convince many Jamaicans that his administration is doing a good job.
Almost one month after Holness assumed the reins of power the public opinion on the performance of the JLP Government remains almost unchanged.
However the number of Jamaicans who said the Government was doing a bad or very bad job declined by six percentage points from 46 per cent to 40 per cent.
In early October, when a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll was done across the island, 26 per cent of Jamaicans said the Government was doing a good or very good job.
When Johnson returned to the streets between November 5 and 6 and November 12, that number had remained almost constant at 27 per cent.
The number of persons who rated the Government's performance as 'so-so' was also statistically unchanged, moving from 19 per cent in October to 20 per cent in November.
With a new prime minister on the throne, some persons adopted a wait-and-see approach with the number of Jamaicans saying they don't know how to rate the Government's performance moving up slightly from nine to 13 per cent.
Failing grade
As expected, the vast majority of persons who voted for the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) in the 2007 general election (65 per cent) gave the Government a failing grade for its performance while only seven per cent of those who voted for that party said the Government was doing a good or very good job.
Fifty-three per cent of the people who voted JLP the last time around said the Government was doing good or very good while 17 per cent gave the party a failing grade.
The JLP Government has received kudos for its work in reducing crime, lowering the inflation and interest rate and keeping the ship of state afloat during the turbulent period worldwide.
However its detractors mark it down for the growing unemployment rate, the rising poverty levels, its handling of the extradition request for convicted drug dealer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and his initial reaction to the global recession.
While the change in the leadership of the Government has sparked many early positives for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), new Prime Minister Andrew Holness is yet to convince many Jamaicans that his administration is doing a good job.
Almost one month after Holness assumed the reins of power the public opinion on the performance of the JLP Government remains almost unchanged.
However the number of Jamaicans who said the Government was doing a bad or very bad job declined by six percentage points from 46 per cent to 40 per cent.
In early October, when a Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll was done across the island, 26 per cent of Jamaicans said the Government was doing a good or very good job.
When Johnson returned to the streets between November 5 and 6 and November 12, that number had remained almost constant at 27 per cent.
The number of persons who rated the Government's performance as 'so-so' was also statistically unchanged, moving from 19 per cent in October to 20 per cent in November.
With a new prime minister on the throne, some persons adopted a wait-and-see approach with the number of Jamaicans saying they don't know how to rate the Government's performance moving up slightly from nine to 13 per cent.
Failing grade
As expected, the vast majority of persons who voted for the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) in the 2007 general election (65 per cent) gave the Government a failing grade for its performance while only seven per cent of those who voted for that party said the Government was doing a good or very good job.
Fifty-three per cent of the people who voted JLP the last time around said the Government was doing good or very good while 17 per cent gave the party a failing grade.
The JLP Government has received kudos for its work in reducing crime, lowering the inflation and interest rate and keeping the ship of state afloat during the turbulent period worldwide.
However its detractors mark it down for the growing unemployment rate, the rising poverty levels, its handling of the extradition request for convicted drug dealer Christopher 'Dudus' Coke and his initial reaction to the global recession.
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