Brazilian President's Approval
Rating Hits Record 84%
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's approval rating hit a record 84 percent
in January, up from 80.3 percent in December, a survey showed on
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the president's disapproval rating fell from 15.2 percent
in December to 12.2 percent in January.
The survey was conducted by Research firm CNT/Sensus between Jan. 26
and Jan. 30 among 2,000 respondents around the country.
It also showed the approval rating for Lula's administration also
hit record-high figures, reaching 72.5 percent in January from 71.1
percent in December.
The share of the Brazilian population that found the Lula
administration as "regular" was slightly up from 21.6 to 21.7
percent, and 5 percent considered his government bad or very bad,
down from 6.4 percent in December.
The results indicate that people have faith in the methods taken by
President Lula and his administration to deal with the international
financial crisis, the survey said.
CNT president Clesio Andrade said Brazilians believe the Lula
administration is doing everything it can to overcome the crisis.
"The population has strong hopes in the government's measures, and
they believe the crisis will pass," Andrade said, adding that "Lula
has become the anchor of hope."
However, Andrade said Lula's popularity will fall if the
unemployment level in the country keeps increasing.
The survey also showed that despite Lula's popularity, opposition
candidate and Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra is the leading
candidate for the 2010 presidential elections.
Serra, a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), has
42.8 percent of the intended votes, down from 46.5 percent in
December, while chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, strongly supported
by Lula, has 13.5 percent, up from 10.4 percent in December.
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