Popular disapproval of the work of federal deputies and senators has again rose, shows research, which also points out a high opinion in society that congressmen work more for their own interests – 78% of respondents.
In March last year, still in the management of Arthur Lira (PP-AL) in the House and Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) NO-Datafolha had pointed to an improvement in the assessment, with disapproval (23%) and approval (22%) practically equal.
Now, the numbers have worsened again, repeating the late 2023: 35% say they consider the legislature’s performance bad or terrible, against 18% great or good.
There were 2,004 interviews throughout Brazil, distributed in 130 municipalities, on July 29 and 30. The maximum margin of error is two percentage points, more or less, within the confidence level of 95%.
Since the end of June, Congress has been one of the preferred targets of.
In the pieces created largely by artificial intelligence, congressmen are described as defenders of rich and their own privileges ,.
This year, (-PB) assumed the presidency of the House and (-AP), the Senate.
Datafolha also asked interviewees if, in his opinion, a deputy or senator thinks more about his own interests or the interests of the population when making a decision.
For 78%, congressmen act more for their own benefit than in the community. Only 18% think otherwise.
In the survey, 73% of respondents said congressmen better treat the rich than the poor (only 5% said they see the opposite).
Both regarding the perception of general work and in the question of self-interests versus interests of society, the assessment of congressmen find better numbers between voters and worst among the former president ().
In those who want to vote for Lula in a possible candidacy for the petista’s reelection next year, there is a technical draw about the work of deputies and senators – 28% bad and bad and 26% good and great. Already between voters from Bolsonaro, rejection (38%) far surpasses approval (14%).
Congressmen coupled with the former president have long been trying to have a amnesty in Congress to the convicts of the scammer attacks of January 8, 2023, but so far the proposal has been barred by the PT and Centrão.
The difference in perception is also shown in the statement that deputies and senators act thinking more about their own benefit – 71% among Lulists say they think about 83% of pockets.
Datafolha also measured the assessment of the Romando Congress as the basis of voters’ degree of knowledge about the tariff promoted by the Government of Donald Trump against Brazil.
The citizen who declared awareness of the measure pointed out a greater rejection of Congress.
In all, 48% of those who declared themselves well informed about taxation classified as bad or bad the performance of deputies and senators. Among those who said they did not know, the rejection was only 20%.
Datafolha research on the work of Congress conducted since the 1990s show a historic popular rejection of the work of deputies and senators.
The sum of those who declared to consider great or good performance never exceeded 25% since 1993 – this index was reached in late 2010, last year of Lula’s second term. The only survey that recorded approval numerically ahead of rejection (24% to 22%) was in early 2003, the first year of Lula’s first term.
The well fund so far in the popular evaluation of the legislature was registered in late November 2017, with 60% disapproval and only 5% approval. In the previous month ,.
