Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as president?

              Sept. 28     Sept. 13   Aug. 31

Approve         51.8%      51.4%      49.9%

Disapprove      40.7%      41.9%      41.9%

Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of Mariano Rajoy as opposition leader?

            Sept. 28      Sept. 13    Aug. 31

Approve      31.2%          31.4%      30.5%

Disapprove   60.8%          62.4%      63.4%

Source: Instituto Opina / Cadena Ser
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,000  
Spanish adults, conducted on Sept. 28, 2006.
Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.