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The nationwide survey by Assumption University’s Abac Poll Research Center showed that the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s popularity has fallen to 45.9 percent, the lowest level inthree years and a sharp decline from when he overwhelmingly won re-election inFebruary 2005 after a landslide election victory and had a rating of 77.5percent. Thaksin’s reputation has suffered from corruption scandals and soaringworld oil prices that forced the government to reduce its subsidies forgasoline, causing fuel prices to rise to record highs. See detailBack to the top