Lula administration faces 41% negative evaluation in new poll

A Meio/Ideia poll released on September 30 shows that 41% of voters evaluate the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva negatively, while 35.3% view it positively. Within the positive assessment, 14% describe the management as ‘great’ and 21.3% as ‘good.’ Conversely, among those with a negative view, 12% rate it as ‘bad’ and 29% as ‘terrible.’

An additional 21% of respondents characterize the government's performance as regular, while 2.9% were unable to answer. Regarding the President's personal approval, the survey indicates that 49% of respondents approve of Lula, a figure equal to the percentage of those who disapprove him. The poll interviewed 2,000 voters via telephone between September 25 and 28, with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.