Lula loses popularity in the Northeast and continues poorly among evangelicals

A new Datafolha survey released this Saturday (17) shows that the approval of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) has remained stable since the last survey, after 3 months of government. A total of 37% of the 2,010 voters surveyed this June consider the government as excellent or goodwhile 27% rate it as bad or terrible. For 33%, the PT’s performance is regular, and 3% did not express an opinion.

Those who most approve of Lula are those with lower income, up to 2 minimum wages. In this range, 43% of respondents classified the government as excellent or good. Greater approval is also evident among those with a lower level of education (47%) and residents of the Northeast (47%).

In this last group, however, the president has lost popularity. Although within a wider margin of error (4 points), the negative swing from the last survey was more significant, reducing 6 points since the March study.

On the other hand, the reproach to the president increases among those who win from 2 to 5 minimum wages and among the residents of Midwest. In both cases, disapproval is reported by 34% of respondents.

Among evangelicals, disapproval is 37%, and among the richest minority (4% of the sample), who earn more than 10 monthly minimum wages, 49% disapprove. The slice where the president recorded an improvement in the evaluation is among respondents who earn between 5 and 10 minimum wages. In this range, disapproval went from 47% in March to 32% now in June.

Compared to the previous survey, conducted on the 29th and 30th of March, the numbers vary only within the margin of error. Three months into his term, Lula had 38% approval and 29% disapproval, while 30% considered him regular.

The survey released this Saturday was carried out in 112 municipalities between Monday (12) and Wednesday (14). The study has a margin of error of two percentage points, plus or minus.