Brazil Politics: Bolsonaro Approval at Highest Level Since 2018

President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval rating remained stable at the highest level since he was elected in 2018 even as the government phases out popular monthly stipends, according to a Datafolha poll released by Folha de S. Paulo. Roughly 37% of citizens rate the president as good or great, which is unchanged from August and up from 32% in June.

Respondents who rate Bolsonaro as bad or terrible fell to 32% from 34% previously, while 29% see Bolsonaro as average. The poll also shows that 37% of Brazilians never trust the president; 21% always do and 39% sometimes do. Datafolha surveyed 2,016 people by phone on Dec. 8 and 10; margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points.