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President's approval rating stands at 46.8 percent: poll

TAIPEI -- President Ma Ying-jeou's approval rating stood at 46.8 percent in the latest opinion poll released by the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission (CEPD) over the weekend.

The survey also found that local people are most satisfied with the Ma administration's efforts to improve relations across the Taiwan Strait, giving him an approval rating of 68.3 percent for his effort in that regard.

The results of the telephone poll released Sunday showed that 43.8 percent of the respondents were dissatisfied with President Ma's performance since he took office in May 2008.

Among the respondents in the survey, 55.3 percent said they still support Ma, while 32.1 percent said they do not support him.

Overall, 49.9 percent said they are confident that the government will perform better in the coming year, while 40.1 percent said they do not believe there will be any improvement.

The opinion poll had a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of 2.98 percent.

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