Survey: Bolsonaro Government Rejection at 48%; Governors’ Rating Deteriorates

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A new XP/IPESPE survey released on Friday, June 12th, shows an interruption in the upward disapproval trend of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government that occurred after Sérgio Moro left in late April.

The group considering the government poor or terrible fluctuated one point down, from 49 to 48 percent, while those who consider the current management good or excellent moved up two points, from 26 to 28 percent.

In line with the same trend, there were positive fluctuations in expectations for the remainder of the mandate. The good/optimal group rose from 27 to 29 percent, while the poor and terrible group retreated from 48 to 46 percent.

On the other hand, the assessment of state governors worsened, in a scenario where there is a great exchange of criticism between some states and the federal government in conducting the novel coronavirus crisis.

The group regarding the governors’ management as excellent or good dropped four points from 42 to 38 percent, while the poor/terrible rating rose from 23 to 25 percent. The average rating recorded a slight variation, from 33 to 34 percent.

Meanwhile, Congress had a four-point drop in its rating as only fair, from 45 to 41 percent. On the other hand, both poor/terrible and good/optimal ratings varied by two points. The first climbed to 39 percent (from 37 percent in the last survey), while the positive rating rose to 15 percent, from 13 percent previously.

The XP/IPESPE survey heard 1,000 voters from all regions in the country by telephone interviews conducted by operators between June 9th and 11th. The maximum error margin of the survey is 3.2 percentage points plus or minus.

Economic crisis

In the crisis scenario, the group seeing the economy on the wrong track dropped for the second time, reaching 53 percent, against 54 percent and 57 percent in the last two surveys.

On the other hand, there was a two-point upswing in those who believe the economy is on the right track, going from 27 to 29 percent.

In light of this, there was a sharp drop in those who have a slight perception that they will keep their jobs for the next six months, dropping from 54 to 48 percent. While the group that sees high chances of job retention rose from 39 to 44 percent.

Regarding the government’s R$600 emergency aid, the group of people who say they will still receive it fell from 38 percent in April to 9 percent, while in the same period it rose from ten to 34 percent.

In addition, the survey showed that 41 percent of those who were paid used the benefit to buy food and household supplies, while 19 percent paid electricity, water, and telephone bills and another 16 percent paid debts.

Coronavirus

In the pandemic scenario, the group of people who believe the worst is over in Brazil has increased from 22 to 31 percent. Meanwhile, those who believe that the worst is yet to come have retreated from 68 to 61 percent.

In addition, those who are a little afraid of the coronavirus retreated (from 41 to 38 percent), while those who are very afraid of the pandemic rose from 37 to 40 percent. The unafraid remained at 21 percent.

On the question of relaxing social isolation, 52 percent agree with what is being done, while 44 percent disagree.

Demonstrations

The XP/IPESPE survey also assessed the demonstrations that occurred last Sunday. Eighty-three percent were aware of the anti-government and anti-racism rallies while 17 percent were unaware of them.

As for the pro-government demonstrations, 68 percent learned about them, while 31 percent were unaware that they would occur.

On the violence issue, 36 percent found the anti-government rallies to be violent and 11 percent to be very violent. Meanwhile, 43 percent found that there was no violence during the protests.

On the other hand, 31 percent perceived violence while six percent perceived much violence in the pro-government demonstrations, while 55 percent believed that the protesters did not behave violently in pro-government demonstrations.

Source: InfoMoney