Bolsonaro's support hits fresh low ahead of Brazil 2022 vote, poll shows
September 16, 2021
4:26 PM CDT
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Americas
Reuters
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's popularity has hit the lowest point of his time in office, a Datafolha poll showed on Thursday, with 53% of respondents disapproving of him ahead of a presidential election next year.
The pollster's last survey, in July, showed 51% of respondents disapproved of the far-right former army captain. This month's poll showed 22% rate him as good or excellent, down from 24% in the earlier poll.
Bolsonaro has seen his poll numbers sink due to his handling of the world's second-deadliest coronavirus outbreak, rising inflation, stubborn unemployment and running battles with federal courts.
On Sept. 7, at a series of pro-Bolsonaro rallies that drew tens of thousands of yellow-clad supporters across Brazil, the president said he would no longer comply with the rulings of one Supreme Court justice.
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