Journalists' approval of Brazilian president 2018

In October 2018, three out of four Latin American opinion leaders and journalists disapproved of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, on average. Journalists in Brazil, particularly, were the most favorable to Bolsonaro in the Latin American region. However, all the Colombian opinion leaders surveyed said they had an unfavorable opinion regarding the, at that time, Brazilian presidential candidate.
The Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez received the highest approval rate by journalists in the region.

Latin American opinion leaders and journalists' approval of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro as of October 2018, by country

Characteristic	Approves	Disapproves	No answer
Brazil	45%	55%	0%
Ecuador	40%	60%	0%
Peru	39%	58%	3%
Bolivia	35%	65%	0%
Central America and the Caribbean	26%	69%	5%
Chile	20%	80%	0%
Argentina	13%	87%	0%
Mexico	8%	92%	0%
Colombia	0%	100%	0%

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Release date

November 2018

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Region

LAC

Survey time period

October 2 to 29, 2018

Number of respondents

147 respondents

Special properties

Among opinion leaders and journalists who publish their work in Latin American media

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

The survey was carried out during Brazil's 2018 presidential elections, therefore before Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in, on January 1st 2019.

Approval and disapproval values were calculated by Statista based on the information provided by the source.
The original question posed on the survey was: '¿Qué tan favorable o desfavorable es su opinión del presidente electo de Brasil Jair Messias Bolsonaro?'

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