RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval has deteriorated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, according to a Datafolha survey conducted on November 9th and 10th.
In São Paulo, Bolsonaro saw his rejection rate rise from 48 to 50 percent and his government’s approval rate drop from 25 to 23 percent. The President is better rated among the older population (30 percent) and more rejected among the younger population (66 percent).
This increase in rejection was perceived to be due to the performance of his candidate in the city, Deputy Celso Russomanno (Republicanos), who is running third in the race. Among the candidate’s voters, 50 percent approve of Bolsonaro and 27 percent rate him as bad or terrible.
In Rio de Janeiro, the President’s approval dropped from 34 to 28 percent, while his rejection remained stable (42 percent). The candidate supported by Bolsonaro, current mayor Marcelo Crivella (Republicanos) holds 14 percent of voting intentions in the polls, while 66 percent of his voters favor the President and only nine percent disapprove of him.