Brazil elections 2022: Bolsonaro’s approval in Goiás state has grown to 45.1%; Lula da Silva has 30.5%
Conservative president Jair Bolsonaro leads the presidential palace race among Goiás state voters. According to the Paraná Pesquisas poll released Monday (8), the candidate for re-election has 45.1% of the electoral vote in the state.
Bolsonaro is ahead of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), who has 30.5% of the electoral vote among Goians.
Ciro Gomes (PDT) ranks third in the poll with 5.5%. Simone Tebet (MDB) is in 4th place with 2.1%.
The August poll showed that Bolsonaro’s lead in the state has grown. The president registered a growth of 2.7% compared to the previous survey in June. The willingness to vote for Lula da Silva decreased by 1.6%.
For the poll, 1,540 voters in 58 municipalities in Goiás were interviewed in person from August 3 to 7. The margin of error is 2.5 percentage points higher or lower.
PERCEPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT
The survey found that most Goiás residents approve of the Bolsonaro government. 54% of respondents described the current management as good or great:
Approve: 54%;
Disagree: 40.6%;
Don’t know/no answer: 5.3%.
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