Opinion polling on the Nayib Bukele presidency

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Opinion polling has been conducted in El Salvador since September 2019, three months after Nayib Bukele took office as President of El Salvador on 1 June 2019, to gauge public opinion of Bukele and his government. Despite negative reception from outside of El Salvador, [1] [2] [3] domestically, Bukele is considered to be one of the most popular presidents in Salvadoran history [4] as his approval ratings generally hover around 90 percent. [5] [6]

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Presidential approval rating

Polling aggregates
Nayib Bukele's presidential approval rating
  Approves
  Disapproves
  Unsure/No Opinion
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Local regression of polls conducted
Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
ApprovesDisapprovesUnsureLeadRef.
Cid-GallupNov 20241,20091.06.03.085.0 [7]
Cid-GallupSept 202489.04.07.085.0 [8]
Cid-GallupMay 202492.06.02.086.0 [7]
Cid-GallupJan 202492.05.03.087.0 [7]
Cid-Gallup6–13 Nov 20231,20092.06.02.086.0 [9]
Cid-GallupSept 202390.05.05.085.0 [7]
TResearchJun 20231,00092.95.31.887.6 [10]
Cid-GallupMay 202390.07.03.083.0 [7]
TResearchMay 20231,00091.57.21.384.3 [10]
TResearchApr 20231,00090.77.02.383.7 [10]
TResearchMar 20231,00089.29.21.680.0 [10]
TResearchFeb 20231,00087.610.12.377.5 [10]
La Prensa GráficaFeb 20231,50091.06.92.184.1 [11]
Cid-Gallup16–27 Jan 20231,20090.04.06.086.0 [12]
TResearchJan 20231,00084.811.53.773.3 [10]
TResearchDec 20221,00080.114.85.165.3 [10]
La Prensa Gráfica16–21 Nov 202287.89.52.578.3 [13]
TResearchNov 20221,00081.613.94.567.7 [10]
TResearchOct 20221,00083.712.04.371.7 [10]
TResearchSept 20221,00082.013.24.868.8 [10]
TResearchAug 20221,00083.88.18.175.7 [10]
TResearchJul 20221,00082.78.98.473.8 [10]
TResearchJun 20221,00080.710.98.469.8 [10]
Funda UngoJun 202289.06.74.382.3 [14]
CIESCA30 May 20221,33891.63.25.288.4 [15]
Cid-Gallup26 Jan 20221,20084.012.04.072.0 [16]
Funda UngoNov–Dec 202184.510.15.482.3 [14]
La Prensa Gráfica24–29 Nov 20211,52085.111.73.273.4 [17]
La Prensa Gráfica18–24 Aug 20211,50684.712.32.972.4 [18]
Cid-Gallup18 Aug 20211,20087.011.02.076.0 [19]
CIESCA24 May 202194.06.00.088.0 [20]
La Prensa Gráfica13–22 May 20211,10386.59.14.377.4 [21]
Cid-Gallup2–10 Mar 20211,20096.03.01.093.0 [22]
Cid-Gallup25 Nov–10 Dec 20201,20089.010.02.079.0 [23]
Funda UngoNov–Dec 2020 –91.16.22.784.9 [14]
Cid-Gallup7–16 Nov 20201,20096.0 [24]
La Prensa Gráfica11–22 May 20201,40692.55.42.187.1 [25]
La Prensa Gráfica28 Feb 202085.910.43.775.5 [26]
La Prensa Gráfica10 Sept 201990.40.49.290.0 [27]

Polling on the gang crackdown

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
SupportOpposeUnsureLeadRef.
Cid-GallupSept 202483.012.05.071.0 [28]
Cid-GallupJan 202488.08.04.080.0 [28]
Cid-GallupSept 202384.012.04.072.0 [28]
TResearchJun 20231,00092.45.12.587.3 [10]
TResearchMay 20231,00091.26.52.384.7 [10]
TResearchMay 20231,00090.96.62.584.3 [10]
CIESCAMay 202392.215.302.4986.91 [29]
TResearchApr 20231,00089.48.22.481.2 [10]
TResearchMar 20231,00088.910.60.578.3 [10]
Funda Ungo1–6 Mar 202350085.6 [30]
TResearchFeb 20231,00085.212.22.683.0 [10]
Cid-GallupFeb 202392.0 [31]
TResearchJan 20231,00082.113.94.068.2 [10]
TResearchDec 20221,00078.316.75.061.6 [10]
TResearchNov 20221,00079.115.95.063.2 [10]
TResearchOct 20221,00080.814.15.166.7 [10]
TResearchSept 20221,00079.715.25.164.5 [10]
UCASept 202275.9 [32]
Cid-Gallup5 Sept 20221,20091.06.01.085.0 [33]
TResearchAug 20221,00083.513.92.669.6 [10]
TResearchJul 20221,00082.614.72.767.9 [10]
TResearchJun 20221,00074.616.39.158.3 [10]
CIESCA30 May 20221,33890.17.12.883.03 [34]

2024 re-election polling

Polling firmFieldwork dateSample
size
Would supportWould not supportUndecidedLeadRef.
Iudop-UCA11–29 Nov 20231,51269.924.35.845.6 [35]
TResearchJun 20231,00090.98.80.382.1 [10]
CEC-UFG27 May–1 Jun 20231,33475.612.511.963.1 [36]
CIESCAMay 202391.855.362.7986.49 [37]
TResearchMay 20231,00090.49.30.381.1 [10]
TResearchApr 20231,00091.27.51.383.7 [10]
TResearchMar 20231,00092.66.21.286.4 [10]
La Prensa Gráfica15–24 Feb 20231,50068.013.019.055.0 [38]
TResearch14–16 Feb 20231,00093.95.70.488.2 [10]
CEC-UFG4–8 Feb 20231,26362.219.018.843.2 [39]
TResearchJan 20231,00092.75.91.486.8 [10]
TResearchDec 20221,00093.74.81.588.9 [10]
La Prensa Gráfica16–21 Nov 20221,52064.617.917.546.7 [40]
TResearchNov 20221,00094.14.51.489.6 [10]
CEC-UFG27–31 Oct 20221,22774.712.812.561.9 [41]
CEC-UFG27–31 Oct 20221,22777.211.011.866.2 [41]
TResearchOct 20221,00094.83.91.390.9 [10]
TResearch17–19 Sept 20221,00094.34.41.489.9 [42]
CIESCA18 Sept 202225,62388.311.776.6 [43]
CEC-UFG10–14 Sept 20221,23158.923.115.035.8 [44]
CEC-UFG26 May 202272.2 [45]

See also

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