$98,010.00
5.28%$3,491.26
6.60%$2.32
8.53%$695.95
3.91%$198.15
9.31%$0.336568
10.73%$1.00
0.13%$0.942757
9.17%$3,487.98
6.39%$0.258046
4.39%$40.86
14.23%$24.68
11.39%$5.77
7.19%$4,120.21
5.81%$0.00002332
9.97%$4.61
11.78%$97,505.00
4.91%$0.320562
21.51%$0.395349
13.38%$7.57
10.48%$30.11
13.99%$3,490.38
6.69%$476.00
10.10%$14.60
8.20%$9.44
0.46%$110.30
10.76%$0.00001928
10.65%$4.94
22.42%$3,684.38
6.51%$5.61
12.19%$0.998583
0.10%$377.07
13.32%$9.84
9.44%$11.17
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0.30%$0.1665
9.19%$0.531177
13.49%$0.052921
17.74%$28.23
9.05%$1.24
7.47%$7.95
14.63%$502.42
13.01%$1.41
13.07%$3.80
9.09%$192.80
1.40%$24.65
1.28%$0.831176
10.92%$0.403648
15.79%$5.46
12.87%$3.19
26.32%$1.079
8.47%$0.121393
4.92%$47.62
5.69%$7.14
11.75%$0.992077
5.12%$1.96
11.30%$1.75
10.33%$1.50
13.26%$5.44
10.30%$0.00003326
9.03%$1.70
9.75%$2.43
9.11%$0.03717312
41.44%$23.62
14.83%$0.233022
14.75%$3,492.19
6.48%$97,649.00
5.02%$2.08
12.09%$1.003
0.50%$0.473879
14.29%$2.39
12.36%$0.841137
9.18%$0.03902998
21.39%$5.48
11.17%$3,893.64
6.11%$3,601.28
6.67%$0.00018324
10.76%$120.68
15.30%$13.75
5.83%$0.04014989
16.94%$1.89
12.13%$3,676.27
6.66%$20.06
2.07%$0.03049598
12.95%$0.02847167
10.36%$0.640533
16.41%$1.001
0.11%$97,419.00
4.06%$1,664.48
8.96%$1.45
14.69%$5.06
12.71%$0.402641
13.29%$0.144108
16.99%$3.33
0.13%$1.40
5.07%$7.93
19.39%$0.233603
8.63%$11.31
1.68%$0.880345
12.67%$97,609.00
4.81%$202.60
8.78%$3,595.37
6.69%$37.81
10.86%$0.805046
12.70%$0.083527
5.53%$0.989785
16.10%$0.342072
17.03%$0.903164
11.65%$18.04
14.46%$0.513483
11.50%$1.62
12.45%$0.00000117
5.64%$57.53
7.54%$1.58
11.95%$247.41
9.75%$0.98402
8.41%$15.62
12.96%$6.97
15.78%$69.37
16.29%$1.16
8.18%$37.18
12.15%$0.550351
18.95%$0.530598
13.30%$97,035.00
4.67%$0.980029
59.62%$0.00000246
15.72%$1.27
11.62%$5.40
9.60%$3,494.15
6.73%$3.19
8.50%$0.09453
13.32%$97,455.00
5.01%$4.00
8.89%$3.39
13.29%$0.754082
26.65%$0.296538
14.36%$0.171764
12.79%$1.75
20.00%$3,488.67
6.73%$88.52
12.66%$2.30
17.01%$0.797476
9.89%$0.651847
9.89%$0.0144102
30.13%$13.16
3.52%$0.207144
16.14%$211.60
9.40%$0.76026
10.36%$2.61
11.48%$0.997609
0.22%$0.815341
24.85%$2.03
9.37%$0.00003809
8.29%$3,486.81
6.51%$0.00734306
10.83%$0.810266
10.97%$276.24
7.02%$0.01030316
27.22%$1.59
11.73%$0.00840427
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10.18%$0.336123
10.35%$18.74
27.57%$0.00012155
9.04%$97,486.00
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6.73%$0.996407
0.25%$2,618.27
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23.27%$0.00
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24.59%$0.280166
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14.00%$0.078755
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17.66%$1.003
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0.45%$1.077
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15.59%$0.7137
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3.15%$0.03948802
13.68%$1.001
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0.40%
Nayib Bukele, El Salvador's controversial president, is still hugely popular in the country—but not because of his Bitcoin bet, according to a new survey.
Salvadoran newspaper La Prensa Gráfica yesterday reported that the millennial president's approval ratings currently stand at 85.1%.
LPG Datos, the newspaper's research unit, polled 1,520 people from all over the country and asked them if they approved or disapproved of what the president had done so far. Only 11.7% said they disapproved, and 3.2% did not answer. (It is possible, however, that some citizens were afraid to answer truthfully and criticize the president—as some who spoke to Decrypt have been.)
President Bukele took office in 2019 after promising to reduce gang violence in the crime-stricken Central American country and stamp out corruption.
The Twitter-loving leader has perhaps become most famous for making Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador: an idea that has been criticized by the World Bank, the IMF, and even JP Morgan.
And if LPG Datos' survey is anything to go by, El Salvador's own citizens aren't thrilled about it either: when asked about the president's failures, Bitcoin came top of the list—with 9.6% of respondents saying they didn't like the new law.
The Bitcoin Law, passed in September, obliges all businesses with the technological means to accept the cryptocurrency (Decrypt found out a few weeks ago that it's still a bit slow going.)
The government, in a bid to encourage its people to use the crypto, released a crypto wallet and gave all citizens who downloaded it $30-worth of Bitcoin. The wallet, named Chivo, didn't work very well when it took off and has had issues ever since.
And citizens in El Salvador have frequently protested against President Bukele's Bitcoin Law. There were more marches this week.
But President Bukele was quick yesterday to say on Twitter that the "marches were useless" because his approval among the general population of El Salvador is so high.
Según el periódico OPOSITOR @prensagrafica, 85.1% de los salvadoreños nos aprueba.
No creo nada de LPG, pero para que ELLOS digan 85.1%.
La aprobación que reportan es incluso mayor a la de hace 3 meses.
¿O sea que las la marchas no sirvieron para nada?😂https://t.co/lLbfRMk9qw
— Nayib Bukele 🇸🇻 (@nayibbukele) December 15, 2021
LPG Datos said Salvadorans other gripes were security and an increase in prices in the country. But they praised the president for investment in hospitals and the way he handled COVID-19—including the vaccine roll-out.
President Bukele's Bitcoin Law has been praised by Bitcoin proponents outside of the country who say it will bring economic freedom to El Salvador. If only the country's citizens agreed.
