PM Modi Tops List Of Most Popular World Leaders

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What has happened?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 71% of India’s adult population,
According to a US-based global leader approval tracker Morning Consult.
Among the 13 leaders surveyed by the research firm, PM Modi tops the list with 71%,
Followed by Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador (66%), Italy’s Mario Draghi (60%) and Japan’s Fumio Kishida (48%).
PM Modi also happens to have the lowest disapproval rating at 21%.
US President Joe Biden and Canada’s Justin Trudeau got an approval rating of 43% each and were placed at sixth and seventh spot, respectively.
British PM Boris Johnson, embroiled in the ‘partygate’ scandal, ranked the lowest among the leaders surveyed with 26% approval rating.

In the last two years, PM Modi’s approval rating touched a high of 84% on May 2, 2020.
His approval rating was at the lowest on May 7, 2021 with 63% when the second wave of coronavirus was at its peak in the country.

At 43%, US President Joe Biden’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest during his presidency.
After holding above 50% in his first months in office, Biden’s popularity began dropping in mid-August last year due to a surge in Covid-19 deaths and the hasty withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

Respondents were asked whether they would say things in their country are going in the right direction or have gone off on the wrong track.

Morning Consult relies on real-time polling data on political elections, elected officials and voting issues to conduct surveys.
The research firm conducts more than 20,000 global interviews daily with the adult population.
The global leader and country trajectory data is based on a 7-day moving average of all adults in a given country, with a margin of error of between +/- 1-3%.
While the average sample size in the US is 45,000, it ranges from roughly 3,000-5,000 in other countries.
Surveys are weighted in each country by age, gender, region and, in certain countries, education breakdowns based on official government sources.
In India, the sample is representative of the literate population.

Q) Which among the following position is held by the Prime Minister of India?