Opinion polling An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election) is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions ...

has been regularly conducted in Brazil since the start of Jair Bolsonaro's four-year term administration, gauging public support for the

President of Brazil The president of Brazil ( pt, Presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil ( pt, Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head o ...

and his government. Typically, an approval rating is based on responses to a poll in which a sample of people are asked to evaluate the overall administration of the current president. Participants might also be asked whether they approve of the way president handles his job, if they trust him, to rate his personality, or to opine on various policies promoted by the government.

Overall administration evaluation

The public was asked to evaluate the performance of Bolsonaro's administration. A question might ask: :The administration of President Jair Bolsonaro has been excellent, good, regular, bad, or terrible? '

Presidential approval ratings

The public was asked whether they approved or disapproved of the way Jair Bolsonaro governs Brazil. '

Public trust in Bolsonaro

The public was asked whether they trusted Jair Bolsonaro. '

Issue-specific support

COVID-19

The public was asked to evaluate the performance of Jair Bolsonaro in relation to the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

. A question might ask: :How do you evaluate the performance of President Jair Bolsonaro in relation to the coronavirus outbreak: excellent, good, regular, bad, or terrible? '

Gun control

Loosening gun control laws was one of Bolsonaro's major campaign promises during the

2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held ...

. The changes were first signed it into a decree in May. In March 2019, an

Ibope The Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics (IBOPE based on the Portuguese language name, Instituto Brasileiro de Opinião Pública e Estatística) does market research to provide information regarding Brazilian and Latin American mark ...

survey asked the public whether they approved of the policy and related questions. Polls conducted by

Datafolha Datafolha is Grupo Folha's polling institute, founded in 1983 as the research department of Empresa Folha da Manhã S. A., and later on became a separate company able to serve external clients, from 1990. In 1995, it became a separate business unit ...

and Paraná Pesquisas presented similar findings. Should gun control laws be loosened? Are you favorable to (any kind of) carry? Does having a gun at home make it safer? Does carrying a gun make someone safer? Does increasing the number of armed people make society safer?

Notes

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References

External links

News from Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE)
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