Good morning! New opinion poll shows Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity ratings stabilizing around 33% (the poll also talks about how people perceive the Car Wash leaks). The government’s plan for after the pension reform. The economic risks of deforestation. Antitrust regulator pushes Petrobras out of a pipeline in Bolivia.
Poll: Bolsonaro losing ground among the elites
Datafolha, Brazil’s most prestigious pollster, has published new opinion polls on the Jair Bolsonaro administration. His overall numbers remain stable and show a steep division in the electorate: 33% rate him as “bad or terrible,” 31% as “just ok,” and 33% as “good or great.” Notwithstanding being the least-popular Brazilian president after just 6 months in office, Mr. Bolsonaro has held on to a faithful core of supporters.
But the poll also shows that wealthier voters are becoming more critical of the president: among those earning between 5 and 10 times the minimum wage, Mr. Bolsonaro’s approval rating dropped from 43 to 37%. His figures went up among those earning over 10 times the minimum wage (from 41 to 52%), but this is a much less sizeable group.
The electorate, in general, is growing pessimistic...