Weekly Report - 20 August 2020 (WR-20-33)

“I don’t base myself on any survey. [Public opinion] is what you see on the streets. It’s us here with the people,” President Jair Bolsonaro said upon arriving in Aracaju, the capital of the north-eastern state of Sergipe, on 17 August. On his way to inaugurate a privately owned thermoelectric plant, Bolsonaro was greeted by a cheering crowd at Aracaju airport. This warm welcome reinforced the findings of a public opinion survey carried out last week by Datafolha, one of Brazil’s main pollsters. Bolsonaro may be dismissive of surveys, but Datafolha’s opinion poll found that his support was at its highest level since he took office in January 2019.