Haiti: Michel Martelly remains popular with a 57% approval rating

For all the anti-government protests and demands that he resign from office, Haitian President Michel Martelly remains quite popular, according to a new public opinion survey.

Martelly, who will begin the final year of his 5-year presidential term in May, got a 57 percent job approval rating. But it is an open question whether his popularity will give his choice of presidential candidate the win. Martelly is barred from running again, and Haitians are waiting to see which candidate gets his support.

The majority of those polled, 80 percent, said they were unemployed and list the high cost of living, unemployment and hunger as the main problems facing the country.

Polling began on March 13 and ended last week. Respondents were randomly chosen from a telephone database. The margin of error is plus or minus 5 percentage points.

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