Tag: opinion polls

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro opinion polls rating seem to be stabilizing following a long sked

  

  Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is among the least popular since the country's return to democracy three decades ago, but his rating in a poll released on Monday showed his numbers stabilizing.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:31 UTC

  Growing disenchantment with President Bolsonaro, opinion polls show

  

  The number of Brazilians rejecting the government of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro continued to rise this month, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday, underscoring his early struggles after easily winning an October election.

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 12:36 UTC

  Haddad could defeat Bolsonaro in Brazil's runoff vote, according to latest poll

  

  Brazil’s Workers Party candidate, Fernando Haddad, would defeat far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in an expected runoff vote in next month’s election, a Datafolha poll showed on Friday. In a simulated runoff vote, the poll found Haddad would get 45% voter support, beating Bolsonaro with 39%, with the rest of those asked saying they were undecided or would annul their ballot. Voting is compulsory in Brazil.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  Ciro Gomes leaves hospital following minor prostate surgery

  

  Brazil presidential election candidate Ciro Gomes left hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, a day after undergoing surgery on his prostate. Currently running third in opinion polls ahead of the October 7 election first round, 60-year-old Gomes underwent a minimally invasive procedure that involved the “cauterization of blood vessels,” his center-left PDT party said in a statement.

• Wednesday, September 12th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazilian equities and currency slump on Tuesday on latest opinion polls

  

  Brazilian equities and currencies slumped on Tuesday after an opinion poll on the presidential election showed leftist candidates gaining ground while market-friendly centrists did not.

• Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  US economy “booming”, but only 38% approve of Trump, according to opinion polls

  

  United States voters love the performance of the economy, but it has failed to translate into higher approval for President Donald Trump, according to one new poll. The disconnect is perhaps the biggest challenge facing Republicans as they battle to keep control of Congress in November's midterm elections.