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Jair Bolsonaro’s historically low approval rating
Yesterday, Datafolha—Brazil’s most renowned pollster—confirmed what other institutes had already shown:
Jair Bolsonaro is the least popular president after only 3 months in the job. His performance in office is considered to be “good or great” by only 32% of voters—while 30% consider his administration to be “bad or terrible.”
- Women are more critical of the president, among whom his approval rating drops by 10 percentage points.
- More educated voters seem split on Mr. Bolsonaro. It’s among them that he has the highest approval (36%), but also the highest rejection (35%).
- Among evangelicals, 49% believe Mr. Bolsonaro is authoritarian, 39% that he is not a hard worker, and 37% that he is overly proud.
- The president’s core of supporters is concentrated among businessmen, people from the countryside, and elderly citizens.
The same poll showed that Brazilians have grown more pessimistic about the country’s economic outlook. Those who believe the situation will improve fell from 65% in December to 50% now. People expecting...