Politics · Brazil · 2 hrs ago
Poll finds violence and health are Brazil voters’ top concerns
Violence was the most-cited problem among Brazilian voters in a Datafolha poll, with 20% naming it.
Health ranked second at 18%, followed by the economy, including inflation and food prices, at 15%.
The poll asked 2,520 voters aged 16 or older on October 13 and 14 to name one problem without offering choices; its margin of error was two percentage points.
Concern about violence rose from 17% in July to 20%, the highest numerical level since 2023, while the reported changes in leading concerns remained within the margin of error.
The findings put security and health near the top of the presidential campaign, where candidates Lula and Flávio have both promised to reduce public health-system queues.
Flávio has backed tougher criminal penalties, while Lula has proposed stronger federal coordination on security; both candidates also support ending the 6x1 work schedule, though Flávio’s campaign has signaled it could change the proposal if he is elected.
A Datafolha poll found that 20% of Brazilian voters named violence and public security as the country’s main problem.
Health was the next most-cited concern, at 18%, followed by the economy at 15%.
The poll asked respondents to name one problem without offering a list of options.
Datafolha interviewed 2,520 people aged 16 or older on October 13 and 14.
The margin of error was two percentage points, and the poll was registered with Brazil’s electoral court as BR-00466/2026.
- Who
- Datafolha surveyed 2,520 Brazilian voters aged 16 or older.
- What
- The poll found violence and public security were the leading concerns, named by 20%; health followed at 18%.
- When
- Interviews were conducted on October 13 and 14, 2026; the poll was reported on October 15.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- The poll asked voters to identify the main problem they considered the federal government responsible for.
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The share naming violence as the main problem was 17% in a previous Datafolha poll.
Datafolha interviewed 2,520 people aged 16 or older.
Datafolha released the poll, which showed violence at 20% and health at 18%.
- Violence and public security
- 20% named them as the main problem.
- Health
- 18% named it as the main problem.
- Economy
- 15% named it as the main problem.
- Sample
- 2,520 people aged 16 or older.
- Fieldwork
- October 13–14, 2026.
- Margin of error
- 2 percentage points.