Megaoperation in RJ: 64% of residents approve, shows Genial/Quaest survey

A new Genial/Quest survey, released this Sunday, November 2, shows that 64% of Rio de Janeiro residents approve of the mega-operation carried out in the Penha and Alemã complexes, in Rio de Janeiro, last Tuesday (28).

This is what the research carried out based on 1,500 face-to-face interviews, on October 30th and 31st, shows with residents of Rio de Janeiro aged 16 or over, who responded to structured questionnaires.

Only 27% of those interviewed said they did not support the operation, while 6% said they neither approved nor disapproved; 3% did not know how to answer.

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Most of the approval comes from the male public: 79% of men said they approved the operation compared to 51% of women. In disapproval, the logic is the bet, with the female audience being the majority: 36% of female respondents compared to 17% of men.

Another conclusion of the research is that the approval of the operation crosses all age groups surveyed: 65% of respondents aged 16 to 30 approve; 68% of respondents aged 31 to 50 and 58% of the group aged 51 or over. Disapproval was 25%, 26% and 29% in these same groups, respectively.

Political spectrum

Among political positions, 59% of voters classified as Lulistas disapprove of the operation, 35% approved and 6% neither approve nor disapprove. Among voters considered “non-Lulista left”, 70% disapprove of the operation, only 27% approve and 2% neither approve nor disapprove.

Among voters considered independent, 61% approve, 24% disapprove and 10% neither approve nor disapprove.

On the right, the results are less divergent: 92% of the non-Bolsonarist right approve the operation and 93% of the Bolsonarist right. Considering the same groups, 6% and 3% disapprove, and 1% and 3% neither approve nor disapprove, respectively.