Strong impact of the scandal: how the image of Alberto Fernández fell in 19 of the 24 provinces of the country

Eduardo Paladini

02/24/2021 11:03

• Clarín.com

• Politics

Updated 02/24/2021 11:03 AM

While

Alberto Fernández

continues to seek a political solution to the VIP Vaccination scandal, a

new poll

exclusively

accessed by

Clarín

this Wednesday shows a strong initial impact on the President's image.

Compared to last month, its valuation

fell in 19 of the 24 provinces

of the country.

It is one of the steepest casualties since he took office.

The survey is from

CB Consultora Opinion Pública

, a firm with origins in Córdoba that has been publishing a ranking of governors for just under a year, based on the image in their provinces.

And he was also adding in his measurements district by district figures of national scope, such as the President, Cristina Kirchner, Mauricio Macri, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Sergio Massa and even Máximo Kirchner.

In the case of Fernández, he had already suffered a very strong loss in September 2020, when the fight with the City of Buenos Aires became more acute and the President decided to extract millionaire funds from the opponent Larreta to give them to his ally Kicillof.

The February survey of

CB

was carried out between Thursday 18 and Saturday 20. That is, it was measured during the

first two days of the scandal

, when, after the public admission of journalist Horacio Verbitsky, Clarín revealed how the framework was for vaccinate friends of power against Covid, with doses that should basically be destined for health personnel.

Since then, and despite the departure of Minister Ginés González García,

the controversy has not stopped growing

.

With this background scenario, the consulting firm conducted its survey of

between 500 and 1,250 cases

per province.

From a quick glance, it impacts how Fernández

falls in the 10 provinces where he measures best

:

1st

Santiago del Estero

: from 67.7% of positive image in January to 62.5% in February.

2nd

Neuquén

: from 64.1% to 61.8%.

3rd

Formosa

: from 65% to 61.7%.

4th

Chaco

: from 68.4% to 61.2%.

5th

Catamarca

: from 64.5% to 60.4%.

6th

Tierra del Fuego

: from 63.3% to 60.1%.

7th

La Pampa

: from 65.8% to 59.6%.

8th

San Juan

: from 65.2% to 59%.

9

La Rioja

: from 63.6% to 58.8%.

10th

Jujuy

: from 59.4% to 58.1%.

In favor of the President

, his positive image there continues to be very high.

Against

: these are, in general, the smallest districts - and in several cases the poorest - of the country, where Kirchnerism has rooted support, in addition to the Conurbano.

In the 11th place appears the first breath for Fernández.

In

Tucumán

, one of the intermediate provinces in size, its valuation in favor grew from 56.7% to 57.8% between January and February.

It is one of the exceptions, along with

Misiones

(13th, from 55.5% to 56.9%),

Chubut

(15th, from 54.9% to 55.3%),

Santa Cruz

(16th, from 53 , 9% to 54.5%) and

Córdoba

(22 ° 38.2% to 40.6%).

The new Minister of Health, Carla Vizzotti, together with the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero.

They announced the start of the vaccination campaign for teaching staff with the doses developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinopharm.

Photo: Graciela Pace / Communication Minister of Health.

The most striking case in this group is clearly Córdoba,

one of the provinces refractory to the ruling party

.

Although the image of the President is still relatively low (only surpassed in the bad by Mendoza and CABA), it is curious that in one of his worst moments he has improved there, even a little.

The other nine districts where the president's weight dropped were:

12th

Entre Ríos

: from 59.8% to 57.1%.

14th

Currents

: from 55.8% to 55.5%.

17th

Santa Fe

: from 54.2% to 53.9%.

18th

Buenos Aires

: from 54.7% to 53.5%.

19th

Rio Negro

: from 53.1% to 52.6%.

20th

San Luis

: from 52.6% to 51.3%.

21 °

Santa Fe

: from 46.8 ° to 43.4 °.

23 °

Mendoza

: from 37.9% to 37.2%.

24th

CABA

: 36.6% to 35.9%.

In these last cases, there is not much mystery with the reading: except for the Cordovan exception, the

fall of the President

deepens

in the largest provinces

and in the center of the country.

Over the weekend, Clarín had already advanced another study exclusively, in this case of the

Management & Fit

consultancy

, where the strong negative impact of the scandal was reflected in another equal or more sensitive side for the Government: most people

distrusted of the vaccination plan

and called for more resignations from the officials involved.