Politics · Brazil · 4 hrs ago
Quaest poll finds most Brazilians reject Flávio Bolsonaro’s US trip
A Quaest poll found 62% of Brazilians thought Flávio Bolsonaro was wrong to leave for the United States after losing Brazil’s presidential election.
The senator’s trip followed an order by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to cancel his passports, according to the poll report.
Most respondents said he was trying to escape justice, while 35% said he was seeking protection from political persecution.
The poll also found that 61% considered the election clean and fair, while 30% believed it was fraudulent.
Views split sharply along political lines: 96% of Lula supporters said the election was fair, while 93% of Bolsonaro supporters said it was fraudulent.
Brazil’s electoral court said the process was sound, and international observers also approved it.
The poll suggests the election dispute has deepened divisions on the right, with half of right-leaning voters saying Flávio was wrong to leave the country.
A Quaest poll found that 61% of Brazilians considered this year’s elections clean and fair, while 30% believed they were fraudulent.
Nine percent said they did not know or did not give an opinion.
The poll was released on Sunday, November 8, after defeated candidate Flávio Bolsonaro questioned the election result.
Views differed sharply by political alignment: 96% of Lula supporters said the election was fair, while 93% of Bolsonaro supporters said it was fraudulent.
The poll also found that 62% considered Flávio Bolsonaro’s decision to leave Brazil a mistake.
- Who
- Quaest surveyed Brazilian voters aged 16 and older.
- What
- The poll found that 61% said the elections were clean and fair, while 30% believed they were fraudulent.
- When
- Interviews took place from October 30 to November 2; the poll was released on November 8.
- Where
- Brazil.
- Why
- The poll examined voters’ views of the election and Flávio Bolsonaro’s challenges to its result.
Voters who said the elections were clean and fair
Voters who said the elections were fraudulent
View of the election
Voters who said the elections were clean and fair
61% of respondents said the elections were clean and fair.
Voters who said the elections were fraudulent
30% said the elections were fraudulent.
Views by political alignment
Voters who said the elections were clean and fair
96% of Lula supporters said the elections were clean and fair.
Voters who said the elections were fraudulent
93% of Bolsonaro supporters said the elections were fraudulent.
Quaest conducted in-person household interviews with Brazilian voters aged 16 and older.
Quaest released the poll showing that 61% considered the elections clean and fair.
- Fair and clean
- 61% said the elections were clean and fair
- Fraud
- 30% said the elections were fraudulent
- No opinion
- 9% did not know or did not give an opinion
- Sample
- 2,004 Brazilian voters aged 16 and older
- Margin of error
- 2 percentage points, at a 95% confidence level
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What people are saying
The right is divided and only a third of independents bet on this idea