Post-Operation Poll Puts Rio Governor Castro at Highs for Approval and Disapproval

Overview

• Datafolha reports 40% rate Cláudio Castro's administration as good or excellent, the highest since 2022, while 34% call it bad or terrible, also a peak.
• Evaluations of state security performance split evenly at 37% positive and 37% very bad, with 25% regular, following the Oct. 28 megaoperation.
• Approval reaches 51% in metropolitan municipalities outside the capital versus 30% in the city of Rio, with disapproval at 28% and 39% respectively.
• Support is stronger among men (49%) than women (32%), and among Bolsonaro voters (67% approval) compared with Lula voters (17% approval, 61% rating bad or terrible).
• The phone survey interviewed 626 residents on Oct. 30–31 with a four-point margin of error, days after the police action that left 121 dead.