Percentage of those who evaluate the president’s work as negative has not changed, even with Trump’s tariff
Datafolha survey this Saturday (2.ago.2025) shows that 40% of voters evaluate the president’s government (PT), as “roomy” or “Terrible”. The negative evaluation of the petista has remained stable since the last survey in June, even after the (republican) tariffs.
The rate of voters who find the government of the current president “excellent” or “bom” It is 29%. To 29% the current administration is “regular”, In June there were 31%, there was a variation in the limit of the margin of error of 2 percentage points. And 1% couldn’t answer.
This is the government’s evaluation, according to Datafolha:
- bad/bad – 40% (40% in Jun.2025);
- regular – 29% (31% in Jun.2025);
- Great/good – 29% (29% in Jun.2025);
- They don’t know – 1% (it was 1% EM Jun.2025).
Datafolha interviewed 2,004 people, 16 years old or older, in 130 municipalities, July 29-30, 2025. The research margin of error is 2 percentage points, more or less. The confidence interval is 95%.
WARNING
Research companies do not necessarily use the same statements as questions or the same answers options when they evaluate the performance of governments and rulers.
AND inaccurate To say that the voter approves or disapproves of the work of a ruler or public administration whether the question gives as options for answers these 6 options: “Great”, “good”, “bad”, “bad” or “does not know or not responded.”
It is common to understand that the sum of the “great” and “good” answers would be synonymous with “approves the government.” And that the sum of “bad” and “bad” answers would be equivalent to “government disapproval”. This understanding is incorrect because it disregards the portion of the voters who responded “regular”. Respondents who choose the “regular” category can both approve and disapprove of the administration or the ruler.
The answers options mentioned above (“great”, “good”, “regular”, “bad” or “bad”) are an idiosyncrasy in Brazilian research. In the country where the most public opinion studies on the planet, the United States, the most common is the question always direct and binary, with only two response options: approves or disapproval.
O Powergroup research company Poder360asks a direct question about the federal government in your research, asking if the voter approves or disapproval. In the case of Evaluation of the personal work of the President of the Republicwonders if the interviewee considers that he is “great”, “good”, “regular”, “bad” or “bad”.
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