MOSCOW (Sputnik) — For the first time since taking over the presidency in January 2011, Rousseff, elected for a second term in 2014, lacks the approval of the majority of Brazilians. About 62 percent of Brazilians said they found her rule either "bad" or "terrible," Datafolha's report read.
Only 13 percent of respondents are satisfied with the current president, the survey said.
Brazil's Congress rating is also low, with 50 percent of Brazilians considering the performance of the country's senators "poor" or "very poor."
The presidential rating in Brazil has not been this low since 1992, the poll noted, when President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned when parliament impeached him over allegations of corruption.
The survey was conducted after more than 500,000 people took to the streets in Brazil on Sunday to protest against Dilma Rousseff and her government. The president has faced a wave of discontent over the country's economic crisis and a corruption scandal in the state-owned oil company Petrobras.
The protesters blamed Rousseff who headed Petrobras for seven years between 2003 and 2010 for using company funds to grant political favors.
