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Opinion polling has been conducted in El Salvador since September 2019, three months after President Nayib Bukele took office 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]
Nayib Bukele's presidential approval rating |
Approves |
Disapproves |
Unsure/No Opinion |
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Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Approves | Disapproves | Unsure | Lead | Ref. | |
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Cid-Gallup | 6–13 Nov 2023 | 1,200 | 92.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 86.0 | [7] | |
TResearch | Jun 2023 | 1,000 | 92.9 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 87.6 | [8] | |
TResearch | May 2023 | 1,000 | 91.5 | 7.2 | 1.3 | 84.3 | [8] | |
TResearch | Apr 2023 | 1,000 | 90.7 | 7.0 | 2.3 | 83.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | Mar 2023 | 1,000 | 89.2 | 9.2 | 1.6 | 80.0 | [8] | |
TResearch | Feb 2023 | 1,000 | 87.6 | 10.1 | 2.3 | 77.5 | [8] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | Feb 2023 | 1,500 | 91.0 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 84.1 | [9] | |
Cid-Gallup | 16–27 Jan 2023 | 1,200 | 90.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 86.0 | [10] | |
TResearch | Jan 2023 | 1,000 | 84.8 | 11.5 | 3.7 | 73.3 | [8] | |
TResearch | Dec 2022 | 1,000 | 80.1 | 14.8 | 5.1 | 65.3 | [8] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 16–21 Nov 2022 | – | 87.8 | 9.5 | 2.5 | 78.3 | [11] | |
TResearch | Nov 2022 | 1,000 | 81.6 | 13.9 | 4.5 | 67.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | Oct 2022 | 1,000 | 83.7 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 71.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | Sept 2022 | 1,000 | 82.0 | 13.2 | 4.8 | 68.8 | [8] | |
TResearch | Aug 2022 | 1,000 | 83.8 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 75.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | Jul 2022 | 1,000 | 82.7 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 73.8 | [8] | |
TResearch | Jun 2022 | 1,000 | 80.7 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 69.8 | [8] | |
Funda Ungo | Jun 2022 | – | 89.0 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 82.3 | [12] | |
CIESCA | 30 May 2022 | 1,338 | 91.6 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 88.4 | [13] | |
Cid-Gallup | 26 Jan 2022 | 1,200 | 84.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 72.0 | [14] | |
Funda Ungo | Nov–Dec 2021 | – | 84.5 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 82.3 | [12] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 24–29 Nov 2021 | 1,520 | 85.1 | 11.7 | 3.2 | 73.4 | [15] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 18–24 Aug 2021 | 1,506 | 84.7 | 12.3 | 2.9 | 72.4 | [16] | |
Cid-Gallup | 18 Aug 2021 | 1,200 | 87.0 | 11.0 | 2.0 | 76.0 | [17] | |
CIESCA | 24 May 2021 | – | 94.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 88.0 | [18] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 13–22 May 2021 | 1,103 | 86.5 | 9.1 | 4.3 | 77.4 | [19] | |
Cid-Gallup | 2–10 Mar 2021 | 1,200 | 96.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 93.0 | [20] | |
Cid-Gallup | 25 Nov–10 Dec 2020 | 1,200 | 89.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 79.0 | [21] | |
Funda Ungo | Nov–Dec 2020 | – | 91.1 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 84.9 | [12] | |
Cid-Gallup | 7–16 Nov 2020 | 1,200 | 96.0 | – | – | – | [22] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 11–22 May 2020 | 1,406 | 92.5 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 87.1 | [23] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 28 Feb 2020 | – | 85.9 | 10.4 | 3.7 | 75.5 | [24] | |
La Prensa Gráfica | 10 Sept 2019 | – | 90.4 | 0.4 | 9.2 | 90.0 | [25] |
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Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Support | Oppose | Unsure | Lead | Ref. | |
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TResearch | Jun 2023 | 1,000 | 92.4 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 87.3 | [8] | |
TResearch | May 2023 | 1,000 | 91.2 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 84.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | May 2023 | 1,000 | 90.9 | 6.6 | 2.5 | 84.3 | [8] | |
CIESCA | May 2023 | – | 92.21 | 5.30 | 2.49 | 86.91 | [26] | |
TResearch | Apr 2023 | 1,000 | 89.4 | 8.2 | 2.4 | 81.2 | [8] | |
TResearch | Mar 2023 | 1,000 | 88.9 | 10.6 | 0.5 | 78.3 | [8] | |
Funda Ungo | 1–6 Mar 2023 | 500 | 85.6 | – | – | – | [27] | |
TResearch | Feb 2023 | 1,000 | 85.2 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 83.0 | [8] | |
Cid-Gallup | Feb 2023 | – | 92.0 | – | – | – | [28] | |
TResearch | Jan 2023 | 1,000 | 82.1 | 13.9 | 4.0 | 68.2 | [8] | |
TResearch | Dec 2022 | 1,000 | 78.3 | 16.7 | 5.0 | 61.6 | [8] | |
TResearch | Nov 2022 | 1,000 | 79.1 | 15.9 | 5.0 | 63.2 | [8] | |
TResearch | Oct 2022 | 1,000 | 80.8 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 66.7 | [8] | |
TResearch | Sept 2022 | 1,000 | 79.7 | 15.2 | 5.1 | 64.5 | [8] | |
UCA | Sept 2022 | – | 75.9 | – | – | – | [29] | |
Cid-Gallup | 5 Sept 2022 | 1,200 | 91.0 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 85.0 | [30] | |
TResearch | Aug 2022 | 1,000 | 83.5 | 13.9 | 2.6 | 69.6 | [8] | |
TResearch | Jul 2022 | 1,000 | 82.6 | 14.7 | 2.7 | 67.9 | [8] | |
TResearch | Jun 2022 | 1,000 | 74.6 | 16.3 | 9.1 | 58.3 | [8] | |
CIESCA | 30 May 2022 | 1,338 | 90.1 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 83.03 | [31] |
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Polling firm | Fieldwork date | Sample size | Would support | Would not support | Undecided | Lead | Ref. |
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Iudop-UCA | 11–29 Nov 2023 | 1,512 | 69.9 | 24.3 | 5.8 | 45.6 | [32] |
TResearch | Jun 2023 | 1,000 | 90.9 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 82.1 | [8] |
CEC-UFG | 27 May–1 Jun 2023 | 1,334 | 75.6 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 63.1 | [33] |
CIESCA | May 2023 | – | 91.85 | 5.36 | 2.79 | 86.49 | [34] |
TResearch | May 2023 | 1,000 | 90.4 | 9.3 | 0.3 | 81.1 | [8] |
TResearch | Apr 2023 | 1,000 | 91.2 | 7.5 | 1.3 | 83.7 | [8] |
TResearch | Mar 2023 | 1,000 | 92.6 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 86.4 | [8] |
La Prensa Gráfica | 15–24 Feb 2023 | 1,500 | 68.0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 55.0 | [35] |
TResearch | 14–16 Feb 2023 | 1,000 | 93.9 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 88.2 | [8] |
CEC-UFG | 4–8 Feb 2023 | 1,263 | 62.2 | 19.0 | 18.8 | 43.2 | [36] |
TResearch | Jan 2023 | 1,000 | 92.7 | 5.9 | 1.4 | 86.8 | [8] |
TResearch | Dec 2022 | 1,000 | 93.7 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 88.9 | [8] |
La Prensa Gráfica | 16–21 Nov 2022 | 1,520 | 64.6 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 46.7 | [37] |
TResearch | Nov 2022 | 1,000 | 94.1 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 89.6 | [8] |
CEC-UFG | 27–31 Oct 2022 | 1,227 | 74.7 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 61.9 | [38] |
CEC-UFG | 27–31 Oct 2022 | 1,227 | 77.2 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 66.2 | [38] |
TResearch | Oct 2022 | 1,000 | 94.8 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 90.9 | [8] |
TResearch | 17–19 Sept 2022 | 1,000 | 94.3 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 89.9 | [39] |
CIESCA | 18 Sept 2022 | 25,623 | 88.3 | 11.7 | – | 76.6 | [40] |
CEC-UFG | 10–14 Sept 2022 | 1,231 | 58.9 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 35.8 | [41] |
CEC-UFG | 26 May 2022 | – | 72.2 | – | – | – | [42] |
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