Some are beginning to ask that question after the latest poll - a year after President Santos took office - showed support for the Colombian leader at 82%.
Firstly - support for Santos' handing of the economy is high - 70%. Fundamental for any head of government. Even the most charismatic of leaders faces a kicking in the polls if the economic numbers are pointing in the wrong way - as Obama will testify.
Even more encouragingly for Santos, however, is the popular response to the policy areas that define his regime (for many this means defining it as different to the previous, Uribe government).
Corruption
As previously reported on this website, Santos' government has focused on cleaning up Colombian politics. Over the last 12 months, Interior Minister Vargas Lleras has laid bare a series of political scandals that have shocked (but not surprised) the nation, and has tabled legislation to prevent them in the future.
68% of Colombians support these measures.
International relations
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Santos has rewritten Colombian foreign policy, maintaining good relations with the US but forging alliances elsewhere. Santos has positioned Colombia as a leader in Latin America, brokering international agreements, like the return of ousted leader Manuel Zalaya to Honduras. He has reduced tensions with neighbours Ecuador and Venezuela, re-opening diplomatic channels that had been closed under the previous government, and re-initiating trade ties.
Here support for the Santos doctrine is virtually unequivocal - 86% of Colombians support the handling of 'relations with other countries', and 80% do so in the specific case of Venezuela.
Inequality
One other area that defines the Santos regime is his drive to reduce inequality and help those in Colombian society most in need. Santos' victims law (compensating the 4 million affected by the country's armed-conflict) was seen by many as a major step in healing the wounds of Colombia's history. This is one of the most important pieces of legislation that Santos has brought in - for more information on English, click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13736523
68% of Colombians believe Santos has acted in his 'promise not to forget those in most need'.
Opposition, what opposition?
In May the Santos welcomed the Green party into his coalition government. With the Conservatives, the Liberals, the party of the U, and those from Cambio Radical also behind the president, his coalition now represents 94% of Congress. His support within the country is, for now, almost as high.
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