Governors of 6 states have approval above 60%, says Quaest

GENIAL RESEARCH/QUAREST released this Thursday (27.FEV.2025) shows the approval rate of the state governments of Bahia, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. The governors of Goiás, (União Brasil) and Paraná, (PSD) received the highest approval rates: both are over 80%.

More than 60% approved the leaders of São Paulo, (Republicans), also obtained more than 60%; from Bahia, (PT); from Minas Gerais, (New); and Rio Grande do Sul, (PSDB). The governors of Pernambuco, (PSDB – with the PSD), and Rio de Janeiro, (PL), appear with 51% and 42%, respectively.

The survey was hired by the genius investments and held from 19 to 23 February with Brazilians from 16 years or older. The confidence level is 95% for an error margin of 2 percentage points for more or less in São Paulo and 3 in other states. This is a (PDF – 9 MB).

This is the number of people interviewed in each state and the margin of error:

• Bahia: 1,200 and 3 percentage points;
• Goiás: 1,104 and 3 percentage points;
• Minas GENERAL: 1,482 and 3 percentage points;
• Paraná: 1,104 and 3 percentage points;
• Pernambuco: 1,104 and 3 percentage points;
• Rio de Janeiro: 1,400 and 3 percentage points;
• Rio Grande do Sul: 1,404 and 3 percentage points;
• São Paulo: 1,644 and 2 percentage points.

This was the first time that Quaest included Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul in the survey. In the other 6 states, it is possible to compare with previous research.

Read the scenario in the states:

São Paulo

• disapproval – 61%;
• approve – 28%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 11%.

Minas Gerais

• disapproval – 62%;
• approve – 30%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 8%.

Rio de Janeiro

• disapproval – 48%;
• approve – 42%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 10%.

Bahia

• disapproval – 61%;
• approve – 31%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 8%.

Paraná

• disapproval – 81%;
• approve – 14%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 5%.

Rio Grande do Sul

• disapproval – 62%;
• approve – 33%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 5%.

Pernambuco

• disapproval – 51%;
• approve – 44%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer – 5%.

Goiás

• disapproval – 86%;
• approve – 9%;
• They don’t know/didn’t answer –5%.

Here is the evaluation of the work of the governors of the 8 states analyzed by the Genial Research/Quaest:

In NO X (Ex-Twitter), Felipe Nunes, director of Quest, evaluated the strengths and negatives of the governors.

“In São Paulo, the Tarcisio Fort is in the attraction of companies; And your weakness is in security. In Minas Gerais, Zema has great education results, but failure in infrastructure and mobility“, These. “In Rio de Janeiro, the problem is security and the strong point is the attraction of new businesses”He said.

Here’s the full scenario: