Sixty-four percent of Brazilians believe that the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office on Jan. 1, is on the right track, according to a survey by the Ipec institute published by the Globo television network, the most popular in the country.
According to the poll, 26 percent thought the government was on the wrong track, while another 9 percent chose not to answer or said they did not know.
Lula assumed the presidency of Brazil on Jan. 1 after winning the October elections with 50.9 percent of the votes against 49.1 percent for Jair Bolsonaro, who failed in his re-election bid.
The poll was conducted between Jan. 6 and 10. On January 8, Bolsonaro supporters stormed government headquarters, Congress, and the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia.
The TV Globo poll indicated that among those who defend the course of Lula’s third term, men (69 percent), young people between 16 and 24 years of age (70 percent), those with primary or basic education (73 percent), and those living in the northeast region, the poorest in the country (83 percent) stand out.