Opinion polling on the Nayib Bukele presidency

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, domestically, Bukele is considered to be one of the most popular presidents in Salvadoran history as his approval ratings generally hover around 90 percent.

Presidential approval rating +Polling aggregates Nayib Bukele's presidential approval rating Approves Disapproves Unsure/No Opinion

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Approves Disapproves Unsure Lead Data Poll 8–12 Jul 2026 1,780 94.0 4.0 2.0 IUDOP 15–26 May 2026 1,271 87.8 – – LPG Datos 15–23 May 2026 1,200 85.5 10.9 3.6 CID Gallup May 2026 – 93.0 3.0 4.0 CID Gallup 15–21 Mar 2026 1,200 94.0 – – Data Poll 14–18 Feb 2026 960 93.0 5.0 2.0 CID Gallup 12–18 Feb 2026 1,200 93.0 – – LPG Datos 19–25 Jan 2026 1,200 91.9 5.9 2.2 IUDOP Jan 2026 – 83.9 – – CID Gallup Dec 2025 1,200 90.0 5.0 5.0 CID Gallup Sept 2025 1,200 87.0 6.0 4.0 LPG Datos 12–20 May 2025 1,518 85.2 10.8 4.0 TResearch Apr 2025 1,200 90.1 8.4 1.5 CID Gallup Nov 2024 1,200 91.0 6.0 3.0 CID Gallup Sept 2024 – 89.0 4.0 7.0 CID Gallup May 2024 – 92.0 6.0 2.0 CID Gallup Jan 2024 – 92.0 5.0 3.0 CID Gallup 6–13 Nov 2023 1,200 92.0 6.0 2.0 CID Gallup Sept 2023 – 90.0 5.0 5.0 TResearch Jun 2023 1,000 92.9 5.3 1.8 CID Gallup May 2023 – 90.0 7.0 3.0 TResearch May 2023 1,000 91.5 7.2 1.3 TResearch Apr 2023 1,000 90.7 7.0 2.3 TResearch Mar 2023 1,000 89.2 9.2 1.6 TResearch Feb 2023 1,000 87.6 10.1 2.3 LPG Datos Feb 2023 1,500 91.0 6.9 2.1 CID Gallup 16–27 Jan 2023 1,200 90.0 4.0 6.0 TResearch Jan 2023 1,000 84.8 11.5 3.7 TResearch Dec 2022 1,000 80.1 14.8 5.1 LPG Datos 16–21 Nov 2022 – 87.8 9.5 2.5 TResearch Nov 2022 1,000 81.6 13.9 4.5 TResearch Oct 2022 1,000 83.7 12.0 4.3 TResearch Sept 2022 1,000 82.0 13.2 4.8 TResearch Aug 2022 1,000 83.8 8.1 8.1 TResearch Jul 2022 1,000 82.7 8.9 8.4 TResearch Jun 2022 1,000 80.7 10.9 8.4 Funda Ungo Jun 2022 – 89.0 6.7 4.3 CIESCA 30 May 2022 1,338 91.6 3.2 5.2 CID Gallup 26 Jan 2022 1,200 84.0 12.0 4.0 Funda Ungo Nov–Dec 2021 – 84.5 10.1 5.4 LPG Datos 24–29 Nov 2021 1,520 85.1 11.7 3.2 LPG Datos 18–24 Aug 2021 1,506 84.7 12.3 2.9 CID Gallup 18 Aug 2021 1,200 87.0 11.0 2.0 CIESCA 24 May 2021 – 94.0 6.0 0.0 LPG Datos 13–22 May 2021 1,103 86.5 9.1 4.3 CID Gallup 2–10 Mar 2021 1,200 96.0 3.0 1.0 CID Gallup 25 Nov–10 Dec 2020 1,200 89.0 10.0 2.0 Funda Ungo Nov–Dec 2020 – 91.1 6.2 2.7 CID Gallup 7–16 Nov 2020 1,200 96.0 – – LPG Datos 11–22 May 2020 1,406 92.5 5.4 2.1 LPG Datos 28 Feb 2020 – 85.9 10.4 3.7 LPG Datos 10 Sept 2019 – 90.4 0.4 9.2

Polling on the gang crackdown

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Support Oppose Unsure Lead CID Gallup Sept 2024 – 83.0 12.0 5.0 CID Gallup Jan 2024 – 88.0 8.0 4.0 CID Gallup Sept 2023 – 84.0 12.0 4.0 TResearch Jun 2023 1,000 92.4 5.1 2.5 TResearch May 2023 1,000 91.2 6.5 2.3 TResearch May 2023 1,000 90.9 6.6 2.5 CIESCA May 2023 – 92.21 5.30 2.49 TResearch Apr 2023 1,000 89.4 8.2 2.4 TResearch Mar 2023 1,000 88.9 10.6 0.5 Funda Ungo 1–6 Mar 2023 500 85.6 – – TResearch Feb 2023 1,000 85.2 12.2 2.6 CID Gallup Feb 2023 – 92.0 – – TResearch Jan 2023 1,000 82.1 13.9 4.0 TResearch Dec 2022 1,000 78.3 16.7 5.0 TResearch Nov 2022 1,000 79.1 15.9 5.0 TResearch Oct 2022 1,000 80.8 14.1 5.1 TResearch Sept 2022 1,000 79.7 15.2 5.1 UCA Sept 2022 – 75.9 – – CID Gallup 5 Sept 2022 1,200 91.0 6.0 1.0 TResearch Aug 2022 1,000 83.5 13.9 2.6 TResearch Jul 2022 1,000 82.6 14.7 2.7 TResearch Jun 2022 1,000 74.6 16.3 9.1 CIESCA 30 May 2022 1,338 90.1 7.1 2.8

2024 re-election polling

Polling firm Fieldwork date Samplesize Would support Would not support Undecided Lead Iudop-UCA 11–29 Nov 2023 1,512 69.9 24.3 5.8 TResearch Jun 2023 1,000 90.9 8.8 0.3 CEC-UFG 27 May–1 Jun 2023 1,334 75.6 12.5 11.9 CIESCA May 2023 – 91.85 5.36 2.79 TResearch May 2023 1,000 90.4 9.3 0.3 TResearch Apr 2023 1,000 91.2 7.5 1.3 TResearch Mar 2023 1,000 92.6 6.2 1.2 La Prensa Gráfica 15–24 Feb 2023 1,500 68.0 13.0 19.0 TResearch 14–16 Feb 2023 1,000 93.9 5.7 0.4 CEC-UFG 4–8 Feb 2023 1,263 62.2 19.0 18.8 TResearch Jan 2023 1,000 92.7 5.9 1.4 TResearch Dec 2022 1,000 93.7 4.8 1.5 LPG Datos 16–21 Nov 2022 1,520 64.6 17.9 17.5 TResearch Nov 2022 1,000 94.1 4.5 1.4 CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 74.7 12.8 12.5 CEC-UFG 27–31 Oct 2022 1,227 77.2 11.0 11.8 TResearch Oct 2022 1,000 94.8 3.9 1.3 TResearch 17–19 Sept 2022 1,000 94.3 4.4 1.4 CIESCA 18 Sept 2022 25,623 88.3 11.7 – CEC-UFG 10–14 Sept 2022 1,231 58.9 23.1 15.0 CEC-UFG 26 May 2022 – 72.2 – –

See also Opinion polling for the 2024 Salvadoran general election List of heads of the executive by approval rating

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