(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The vast majority of people in Brazil are content with the performance of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a poll by Instituto Sensus. 81.7 per cent of respondents approve of the way the president has handled his duties, up 2.8 points since November.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The vast majority of people in Brazil are content with the performance of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to a poll by Instituto Sensus. 81.7 per cent of respondents approve of the way the president has handled his duties, up 2.8 points since November.
Lula—a member of the Worker’s Party (PT)—won the October 2002 presidential election with 61 per cent of the vote in a run-off against Jose Serra of the Brazilian Party of Social Democracy (PSDB). In October 2006, he earned a new four-year term, defeating PSDB candidate Geraldo Alckmin with 60.8 per cent of the vote in the second round. Lula is ineligible for a third consecutive term in office.
In 2006, Lula’s party was affected by a series of corruption scandals. The socialist-leaning president—also a former union leader—led a strong economy with conservative fiscal policies during his first mandate, and was praised for his poverty-reduction initiatives.
Last month, Lula said that he would go to the World Economic Forum conference in Davos later in January "with the mission of telling the developed world that if they had taken their own economic advice to heart we wouldn’t have had the crisis." Lula was unable to attend the forum as he suffered an episode of hypertension.
The first round of Brazil’s next presidential election is scheduled for Oct. 3.
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s performance as president?
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Jan. 2010
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Nov. 2009
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Sept. 2009
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Approve
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81.7%
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78.9%
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76.8%
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Disapprove
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13.9%
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14.6%
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18.7%
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Source: Instituto Sensus
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 Brazilian adults, conducted from Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, 2010. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
