Lula’s approval retreats at 42% and disapproval reaches 55%, Paraná points out research
The approval of the government of the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) It is still falling, while the disapproval records a new advance, consolidating a negative trend in this third term, points out the latest research from the Paraná Research Institute, released on Wednesday (19).
The survey, conducted between February 13 and 16, 2025, points out that the approval of President Lula’s government fell to 42%, while disapproval rose to 55%. Another 2.9% did not know or did not want to give their opinion.
The poll heard 2,010 voters in 162 municipalities of the 26 states and the Federal District, with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.
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The result represents a drop in approval over the previous survey of January 2025, when 46.1% of respondents approved the government and 50.4% disapproved. In August 2023, approval was 54.3%, and disapproval, 40.1%.
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Qualitative assessment
The research also brought the qualitative evaluation of the Lula administration:
- Great: 9.0%
- Good: 19.8%
- Regular: 25.0%
- Bad: 9.2%
- Poor: 35.8%
- You don’t know/didn’t think: 1.2%
The numbers show a tendency to worsen in government perception, with increased “terrible” assessment (which was 34.2% in January).
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Approval by region and profile of voters
The research numbers vary according to the region and the profile of the interviewees:
- North East: 55.0% approve and 42.1% disapprove – only region where the government maintains a favorable majority.
- North + Midwest: 36.0% approve and 59.4% disapprove.
- Southeast: 39.4% approve and 58.5% disapprove.
- South: 31.6% approve and 64.8% disapprove – higher failure rate.
The survey also shows that approval is higher among voters with elementary school (51.0%) and people over 60 years old (51.9%). Among those with higher education, the approval rate drops to 33.9%.
Last Tuesday (18), the Paraná Research Institute released a survey showing that if the presidential elections were today, former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) would beat Lula in an eventual second round, with 45.1% against 40, 2% of the current president.
