A great majority of Brazilians gave positive evaluation of their government in November, according to a survey released on Monday.
For 72 percent of respondents, the government was “excellent” or “good,” up from 69 percent in September, showed the survey conducted by Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics.
Meanwhile, Lula’s approval rating rose from 81 percent in September to 83 percent, but still below the record of 84 percent set in December 2008.
The survey also included voter’s preference for presidential candidates next year.
Some 38 percent of those polled in November said they intended to vote for the Governor of Sao Paulo Jose Serra (from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party), who leads the race, compared with 35 percent registered in September.
The Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers’ Party), ranked the second with 17 percent of the respondents ready to vote for her, up from 15 percent in September.
The survey interviewed 2,002 people between Nov. 26 and 30 in 143 Brazilian municipalities. The margin of error is 2 percentage points.