Brazil’s Santa Catarina remains the state most loyal to Jair Bolsonaro -poll

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A poll conducted by Paraná Pesquisas among voters in Santa Catarina state, shows that despite his declining popularity, the president still enjoys 52% of voting intentions for 2022 in the state.

Ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) comes second with 24.2%, followed by Ciro Gomes (3.6%), Luiz Henrique Mandetta (2.8%), and Eduardo Leite (2%). None, blank, or void voting intentions totaled 10.8%, while 4.6% don’t know or didn’t answer.

In the 2018 elections, in Santa Catarina, the president obtained 75.92% of valid votes in the second round in the dispute against Fernando Haddad (PT); in the first round, Bolsonaro had secured 65.82%.

The poll also heard the voting intentions for the state governor: current governor Carlos Moisés has 24.2% of voting intentions, ahead of Senator Jorginho Mello (16.1%). The others named in the poll were Décio Lima (9.6%), Gelson Merisio (7.9%), Antídio Lunelli (4.4%), and Tramontin (3.6%). None, blank or void voting intention totaled 21.3% of respondents; 12.9% don’t know or didn’t answer.

For the Senate, election, entrepreneur Luciano Hang, owner of Havan retail chain, has 22.9% of preferences among respondents. He is followed by Raymundo Colombo (17.3%), João Rodrigues (7.9%), Dário Berger (5.3%), Kennedy Nunes (4.8%), Ideli Salvatti (4.3%) Napoleão Bernardes (3.1%), Gelson Merisio (2.9%) Celso Maldaner (2.6%), Daniel Freitas (2%), and Jorge Seif Júnior (0.5%). Blank, void or none represent 14.1% of respondents; 12.4% don’t know or didn’t answer.

Paraná Pesquisas institute interviewed 1,514 voters in 86 municipalities in the state between July 15 and 19. The error margin is 2.5% plus or minus.

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