The survey conducted this week shows that, although with low popularity, President Luiz Inacio da Silva (PT) maintains good evaluation in segments of the population that traditionally supports him.
Brazilians who earn up to two minimum wages, northeastern and those with education even elementary school tend to judge Lula’s policies as better than Bolsonaro’s at higher rates than the population’s average.
Among the regions of Brazil, the Northeast stands out in supporting the president’s policies compared to his predecessor. For 56% of northeastern, Lula is better than Bolsonaro in the fight against poverty, against 41% of the general population.
The president goes worse in the region in the fight against, where 38% see him as better than Bolsonaro and another 38%, as worse. Nevertheless, Lula is still better in the northeast than in other regions in this regard. In the south, for example, those who evaluate it as worse in this area are 61%.
Men and women maintain equal or similar levels of government policies approval compared to previous management in most topics: housing and housing, public safety, environment, health, and job creation.
Na, more women evaluate the Lula administration as better or much better than Bolsonaro: 45%, against 39% of men.
Nevertheless, men stand out among those who evaluate current government policies as worse or worse than their predecessor.
In combating inflation, although approval levels are similar in both sexes (30% among men and 28% among women), 53% of men say the Lula government is worse or much worse than Bolsonaro. Among women, the rate is 46%.
In public safety, the scenario is the same. For 50% of them, petista management is worse or much worse, against 42% of them. In the environment, 41% of them evaluate management as worse, against 35% of them.
If sex has not shown great disparity when evaluating the policies of Lula and Bolsonaro governments in a comparative way, the levels of education show a great division.
Lula maintains a strong base among the population who studied until elementary school, the research indicates. In this group, the president was evaluated as better than Bolsonaro in all areas, with special emphasis on job and education generation, where 55% evaluate as better or much better than predecessor.
In addition to evaluating the president more positively than the overall average, this segment of the population shows a greater discrepancy with those who had greater access to formal education. In the field of fighting poverty, for example, 51% evaluate Lula as best, against 36% of those with high school and 42% with higher education.
The president also goes better than the overall average among the poorest Brazilians, who earn up to two minimum wages – and which are one of their main support bases. Nevertheless, the discrepancy is lower than that generated by education.
In the case of fighting inflation, for example, Lula’s general evaluation rate as better than Bolsonaro is 29%. Making the cutout by income, this number rises to 33%, and taking into consideration only education, 40%.
Regarding age, Lula’s reviews as better than Bolsonaro tend to improve with age, with interviewees over 60 leading in positive assessment. Nevertheless, the rejection of the current agent’s hunger policies is lower than the overall average (40%) among the younger ones, 16 to 24 years old (31%).
The younger group also maintains the lowest “worse or worse” assessment rate of Lula compared to Bolsonaro among age groups in health (32%), education (30%), environment (25%), housing and housing (26%) and security (37%).
The worse age group evaluates government inflation policies is 25 to 34 years old, where 57% think Lula goes worse or much worse than Bolsonaro.
