Mexicali Briefs

 Governor gets disapproval.

Baja California Gov. Francisco Vega was evaluated by his constituents through a national poll by giving him 32.7 points out of 100, the fourth lowest rating for any governor nationwide.

The state executive was ranked just above his leftist colleagues from the states of Morelos and Tabasco, as well as the Green Party member from Chiapas.

The poll was conducted by polling company Gabinete de Comunicación Estratégica or Strategic Communications Cabinet.

The polling company evaluated four items in the study — control over the state, performance evaluation, trust and job approval.

According to the results four out of every five residents considered Vega has lost control of the state.

Little over one out of every five residents approved the governor’s performance while almost three quarters disapproved.

According to the poll, 46 percent of Baja Californians said crime and public safety is the top issue in the state, even higher nationwide.

However, corruption is the first priority for 32.3 percent of residents, the tenth highest nationwide.

The poll said 17.5 percent of state respondents said the state has been improving under Vega.

At the same time, 52.9 percent said the state has remained stagnant, the highest nationwide, while 27.9 percent said the state has regressed, the 11 highest issue in the country.

The polling company asked residents for opinions regarding overall satisfaction of their governors — in Baja California, 5.2 percent said they were very satisfied, 28.8 were satisfied, 22.4 percent were neither satisfied nor unsatisfied, 28.2 felt unsatisfied and 15.4 expressed themselves very unsatisfied.

When asked if they would leave their home keys to their governor if they were to leave town only 15.7 percent of residents would do so while 81.6 percent rejected the idea.

When asked if they would recommend living in the state, 12 percent of Baja California residents would not recommend it and 21.3 percent would do so.

The poll results indicated that 27.6 percent would feel more secure if gun possession was allowed and 68.6 percent said they would feel less secure.

Between 600 and 800 people were interviewed in the state and distributed by the population of every municipality.