Approval of Prime Minister hovers near 50% mark

Results from a Gallup telephone survey of 1003 Canadian adults conducted September 18-23, 1997, demonstrates a 52% approval rating for Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Chretien's approval rating had dipped under fifty percent, to 49%, in August, 1997. Thirty-one percent of respondents disapprove of Chretien's performance, while 16% have no opinion.