<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishArafat bado ni maarufu, alishinda asilimia 88 ya kura katika uchaguzi wa mwaka jana na uchunguzi wa hivi karibuni unakadiria kiwango cha upendeleo wa umma ni asilimia 65.  <response>: Yet Arafat remains popular --he won 88 percent of the vote in last years presidential elections, and recent polls estimate his public-approval ratings at about 65 percent. 