The following tables and graphs show the popularity indexes of Michel Temer presidency. One table and graph show the result of opinion polls made about how the population evaluates the government, and the other ones show the government comparative with the previous one, of former President Dilma Rousseff.
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| Polling group | Date | Sample size | Good / Excellent | Regular | Bad / Terrible | Unsure / No opinion | Net ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibope [1] | 21–24 June 2018 | 2,000 | 4% | 16% | 79% | 1% | −63% |
| Datafolha [2] | 6–7 June 2018 | 2,824 | 3% | 14% | 82% | 0% | −68% |
| CNT/MDA [3] | 9–12 May 2018 | 2,002 | 4.3% | 21.8% | 71.2% | 2.7% | −49.4% |
| Vox Populi [4] | 13–15 April 2018 | 2,000 | 4% | 21% | 73% | 2% | −52% |
| Datafolha [5] | 11–13 April 2018 | 4,194 | 6% | 23% | 70% | 1% | −47% |
| Ibope [6] | 22–25 March 2018 | 2,000 | 5% | 21% | 72% | 2% | –51% |
| CNT/MDA [7] | 28 February–3 March 2018 | 2,002 | 4.3% | 20.3% | 73.3% | 2.1% | –53.0% |
| Datafolha [8] | 29–30 January 2018 | 2,826 | 6% | 22% | 70% | 2% | –48% |
| Ipsos [9] | 2–11 January 2018 | 1,200 | 2% | 14% | 83% | 1% | –69% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [10] | 18–21 December 2017 | 2,020 | 5.2% | 20.6% | 72.9% | 1.3% | –52.3% |
| Ipsos [11] | 1–12 December 2017 | 1,200 | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | –77% |
| DataPoder360 [12] | 8–11 December 2017 | 2,210 | 7% | 15% | 73% | 5% | –58% |
| Ibope [13] | 7–10 December 2017 | 2,000 | 6% | 19% | 74% | 1% | –55% |
| Datafolha [14] | 29–30 November 2017 | 2,765 | 5% | 23% | 71% | 1% | –48% |
| DataPoder360 [15] | 16–18 November 2017 | 2,171 | 5% | 19% | 71% | 5% | –52% |
| Ipsos [16] | 1–14 November 2017 | – | 1% | 12% | 86% | 1% | –74% |
| DataPoder360 [17] | 26–29 October 2017 | 2,016 | 4% | 20% | 71% | 5% | –51% |
| Ipsos [18] | October 2017 | – | 2% | 10% | 87% | 1% | –77% |
| Datafolha [19] | 27–28 September 2017 | 2,772 | 5% | 20% | 73% | 2% | –53% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [20] | 18–22 September 2017 | 2,040 | 6.2% | 17.1% | 75.2% | 1.6% | –58.1% |
| Ibope [21] | 15–20 September 2017 | 2,000 | 3% | 16% | 77% | 4% | –61% |
| DataPoder360 [22] | 15–17 September 2017 | 2,280 | 3% | 16% | 79% | 2% | –63% |
| CNT/MDA [23] | 13–16 September 2017 | 2,002 | 3.4% | 18.0% | 75.6% | 3.0% | –53.6% |
| Ipsos [18] | September 2017 | – | 2% | 12% | 84% | 2% | –72% |
| DataPoder360 [24] | 12–14 August 2017 | 2,088 | 5% | 15% | 75% | 5% | –60% |
| Ipsos [25] | 1–14 August 2017 | – | 1% | 12% | 86% | 1% | –74% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [26] | 24–27 July 2017 | 2,020 | 4.6% | 15.0% | 79.1% | 1.4% | –64.1% |
| Ibope [27] | 13–16 July 2017 | 2,000 | 5% | 21% | 70% | 4% | –49% |
| Ipsos [28] | 1–14 July 2017 | 1,200 | 2% | 11% | 85% | 2% | –74% |
| DataPoder360 [29] | 9–10 July 2017 | 2,178 | 7% | 16% | 76% | 2% | –60% |
| Datafolha [30] | 21–23 June 2017 | 2,771 | 7% | 23% | 69% | 1% | –46% |
| DataPoder360 [31] | 17–19 June 2017 | 2,096 | 2% | 18% | 75% | 5% | –57% |
| Ipsos [32] | 1–13 June 2017 | 1,200 | 2% | 12% | 84% | 2% | –72% |
| CUT/Vox Populi [33] | 2–4 June 2017 | – | 3% | 20% | 75% | 2% | –55% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [34] | 25–29 May 2017 | 2,022 | 6.4% | 17.1% | 74.8% | 1.7% | –57.7% |
| Ipsos [35] | 1–13 May 2017 | 1,200 | 3% | 15% | 80% | 3% | –65% |
| DataPoder360 [36] | 7–8 May 2017 | 2,157 | 10% | 23% | 65% | 2% | –42% |
| Datafolha [37] | 26–27 April 2017 | 2,781 | 9% | 28% | 61% | 2% | –33% |
| Ipsos [38] | 1–12 April 2017 | 1,200 | 4% | 19% | 75% | 2% | –56% |
| CUT/Vox Populi [39] | 6–10 April 2017 | 2,000 | 5% | 28% | 65% | 2% | –37% |
| DataPoder360 [40] | 31 March–1 April 2017 | 1,684 | 5% | 28% | 64% | 3% | –36% |
| Ibope [41] | 16–19 March 2017 | 2,000 | 10% | 31% | 55% | 4% | –24% |
| Ipsos [42] | 1–12 March 2017 | 1,200 | 6% | 26% | 62% | 6% | –36% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [43] | 12–15 February 2017 | 2,020 | 12.4% | 35.8% | 49.8% | 2.0% | –14.0% |
| Ipsos [42] | February 2017 | 1,200 | 7% | 29% | 59% | 5% | –30% |
| CNT/MDA [44] | 8–11 February 2017 | 2,002 | 10.3% | 38.9% | 44.1% | 6.7% | –5.2% |
| Ipsos [45] | 5–18 January 2017 | 1,200 | 6% | 27% | 59% | 8% | –32% |
| CUT/Vox Populi [46] | 10–14 December 2016 | 2,500 | 8% | 32% | 55% | 5% | –23% |
| Datafolha [47] | 7–8 December 2016 | 2,828 | 10% | 34% | 51% | 5% | –17% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [48] | 6–8 December 2016 | 2,016 | 15.9% | 35.1% | 46.9% | 2.1% | –11.8% |
| Ibope [49] | 1–4 December 2016 | 2,002 | 13% | 35% | 46% | 6% | –11% |
| CNT/MDA [50] | 13–16 October 2016 | 2,002 | 14.6% | 36.1% | 36.7% | 12.6% | –0.6% |
| CUT/Vox Populi [51] | 9–13 October 2016 | 2,000 | 11% | 34% | 40% | 15% | –6% |
| Ibope [52] | 20–25 September 2016 | 2,002 | 14% | 34% | 39% | 13% | –5% |
| Datafolha [53] | 14–15 July 2016 | 2,792 | 14% | 42% | 31% | 13% | +9% |
| Ibope [54] | 24–27 June 2016 | 2,002 | 13% | 36% | 39% | 12% | –3% |
| CUT/Vox Populi [55] | 7–9 June 2016 | 2,000 | 11% | 33% | 34% | 21% | –1% |
| CNT/MDA [56] | 2–5 June 2016 | 2,002 | 11.3% | 30.2% | 28.0% | 30.5% | +2.2% |
Results may not always add to 100% due rounding methodology employed by various polling groups.
| Government evaluation |
| Good/Excellent |
| Regular |
| Bad/Terrible |
| Unsure/No Opinion |
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| Polling group | Date | Sample size | Better | Same | Worse | Unsure / No opinion | Net ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNT/MDA [56] | 7–9 June 2016 | 2,000 | 20.1% | 54.8% | 14.9% | 10.2% | +34.7% |
| Ibope [54] | 24–27 June 2016 | 2,002 | 23% | 44% | 25% | 8% | +19% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [57] | 20–23 July 2016 | 2,020 | 20.9% | 51.8% | 20.8% | 6.4% | +30.9% |
| Ibope [52] | 20–25 September 2016 | 2,002 | 24% | 45% | 31% | – | +14% |
| CNT/MDA [50] | 13–16 October 2016 | 2,002 | 26.0% | 40.5% | 28.1% | 5.4% | +12.4% |
| Ibope [49] | 1–4 December 2016 | 2,002 | 21% | 42% | 34% | 3% | +8% |
| Paraná Pesquisas [48] | 6–8 December 2016 | 2,016 | 30.3% | 38.1% | 27.6% | 4.0% | +7.8% |
| Datafolha [47] | 7–8 December 2016 | 2,828 | 21% | 34% | 40% | 5% | –6% |
| Ipsos [45] | 5–18 January 2017 | 1,200 | 17% | 34% | 40% | 9% | –6% |
| Ibope [41] | 16–19 March 2017 | 2,000 | 18% | 38% | 41% | 3% | –3% |
| DataPoder360 [40] | 31 March–1 April 2017 | 1,684 | 19% | 34% | 42% | 5% | –8% |
| DataPoder360 [36] | 7–8 May 2017 | 2,157 | 20% | 26% | 48% | 6% | –22% |
| Ibope [27] | 13–16 July 2017 | 2,000 | 11% | 35% | 52% | 2% | –17% |
| Ibope [21] | 15–20 September 2017 | 2,000 | 8% | 31% | 59% | 2% | –28% |
| Datafolha [14] | 29–30 November 2017 | 2,765 | 13% | 23% | 62% | 2% | –39% |
| Ibope [13] | 7–10 December 2017 | 2,000 | 10% | 30% | 59% | 1% | –29% |
Results may not always add to 100% due rounding methodology employed by various polling groups.
| Comparison with Rousseff administration |
| Better |
| Same |
| Worse |
| Unsure/No Opinion |
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