Poll: Bolsonaro’s Approval Stands at 37%; Rejection at 32%

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The President maintains his best approval rating since his inauguration. The survey was conducted between December 8th and 10th. The error margin is two percentage points plus or minus.

A Datafolha survey disclosed on Sunday, December 13th by the newspaper “Folha de S.Paulo” shows that President Jair Bolsonaro has retained his best rating since the start of his term.

The latest survey’s percentages stand as follows: Great/good: 37%; Average: 29%; Bad/terrible: 32%;and Do not know/no opinion: 3%

The 37% approval rate is the same as in the last survey, in August, and it is the highest ever recorded since the start of Bolsonaro’s mandate.

In past surveys, the results were:

August 11th and 12th: Great/good: 37%; Average: 27%; Poor/terrible: 34%; NS/NR: 1%.
June 23rd and 24th: Great/good: 32%; Regular: 23%; Poor/bad: 44%; DK/NO: 1%
May 25th and 26th: Great/good: 33%; Average: 22%; Poor/terrible: 43%; DK/NO: 2% April 2020: Great/good: 33%; Average: 26%; Poor/terrible: 38%; DK/NO: 3%
April 2nd and 3rd, 2019: Great/good: 32%; Average: 33%; Poor/terrible: 30%; DK/NO: 3%

Comparison with other presidents

However, the rate recorded by Bolsonaro is lower than that of his predecessors elected in the first term. Only Collor scored lower in the same period of government. Temer, Rousseff’s vice-president, and Itamar Franco, Collor’s vice-president, who took over mid-government, also posted a lower percentage after almost two years in office.

Below are the institute’s results for other presidents (after 1 year and 11 months in office):

Temer (April 2018):

Great/good: 6%
Average: 23%.
Bad/terrible: 70%
Do not know: 2%

Dilma 1 (December 2012):

Great/good: 62%
Average: 30%.
Bad/terrible: 7%
Do not know: 1%

Lula 1 (December 2004):

Great/good: 45%
Average: 40%.
Bad/terrible: 13%
Do not know: 1%

Fernando Henriques Cardoso 1 (December 1996):

Great/good: 47%
Average: 38%.
Bad/terrible: 12%
Do not know: 3%

Itamar Franco (September 1994):

Great/good: 32%
Average: 49%.
Bad/terrible: 13%
Do not know: 6%

Fernando Collor (February 1992):

Great/good: 15%
Average: 35%.
Bad/terrible: 48%
Do not know: 2%

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