Opinion polling on the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
Since the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff as President of Brazil became a subject of debate and taking a lot of space in the media, the main polling institutes of the country made many opinion polls about it.
Opinion polls
Public opinion
In general, the questions made to electors were: "Should Dilma Rousseff be removed from the Presidency?" or "Should the National Congress open an impeachment process against President Dilma?"
Polling group | Date | Sample size | Yes | No | Unsure / No opinion | Net ± |
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Vox Populi[1] | 9–12 Apr 2016 | 2,000 | 57% | 38% | 6% | +28% |
Datafolha[2] | 7–8 April 2016 | 2,779 | 61% | 33% | 6% | +28% |
Ideia Inteligência[3] | 28–29 Mar 2016 | 10,005 | 69% | 31% | – | +38% |
Datafolha[4] | 17–18 Mar 2016 | 2,794 | 68% | 27% | 5% | +41% |
Datafolha[5] | 24–25 Feb 2016 | 2,768 | 60% | 33% | 7% | +27% |
CNT[6] | 17–18 Feb 2016 | 2,002 | 55.6% | 40.3% | 4.1% | +21.2% |
Ipsos[7] | 26–27 Jan 2016 | 1,200 | 60% | 22% | 18% | +38% |
Paraná Pesquisas[8] | 22–26 Jan 2016 | 2,004 | 59.4% | 38.2% | 2.4% | +21.2% |
Datafolha[9] | 16–17 Dec 2015 | 2,810 | 60% | 34% | 6% | +26% |
Ibope[10] | 5–9 Dec 2015 | 2,002 | 67% | 28% | 4% | +39% |
Datafolha[11] | 24–25 Nov 2015 | 3,541 | 65% | 30% | 5% | +35% |
CNT/MDA[12] | 20–24 Oct 2015 | 2,002 | 61.3% | 33.8% | 4.9% | +27.5% |
Datafolha[13] | 6 Aug 2015 | 3,358 | 66% | 28% | 5% | +38% |
CNT/MDA[14] | 21 Jul 2015 | 2,002 | 62.8% | 32.1% | 5.1% | +30.7% |
Datafolha[15] | 11 Apr 2015 | 2,834 | 63% | 33% | 4% | +30% |
CNT/MDA[16] | 21 Mar 2015 | 2,002 | 59.7% | 34.7% | 5.6% | +25.0% |
Results may not always add to 100% due rounding methodology employed by various polling groups.
Impeachment support |
Yes |
No |
Unsure/No Opinion |
Federal Deputies
Datafolha also interviewed 315 federal deputies, between 7 and 18 December 2015. 215 congressmen and congresswomen (42%) were favorable to the impeach. As 342 votes were needed, there were 127 votes to go. On the other side, 159 deputies (31%) said that they would vote against the impeachment, so 12 more votes were needed to reach the 171 votes, which would avoid the process. The 27% left were indecised. Among the government supporters, 26% of them were favorable and 33% of the PMDB members wanted the impeachment. The poll should a slight improvement for President Rousseff, comparing to another poll published in October 2015.[17]
References
- ↑ Cruz, Elaine Patricia (14 April 2016). "Vox Populi: maioria quer impeachment, mas acha que processo não resolverá crise". Agência Brasil (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Canzian, Fernando (9 April 2016). "Maioria quer que Dilma e Temer saiam, mostra pesquisa Datafolha". Folha de S. Paulo (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Seixas, Tatiana (1 April 2016). "A opinião do brasileiro sobre o impeachment". Ideia Inteligência (in português). Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "Datafolha: maioria quer impeachment, mas rejeita Michel Temer governando". Jornal do Brasil (in português). 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "64% reprovam governo Dilma". Datafolha (in português). 29 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "Apoio ao impeachment de Dilma cai para 55,6%, aponta CNT". Terra (in português). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Venceslau, Pedro (1 February 2016). "Pesquisa mostra que 60% dos entrevistados são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma". Estadão (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Diniz, Augusto (29 January 2016). "Pesquisa aponta que 59,4% dos brasileiros são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma". Jornal Opção (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "Datafolha: 65% reprovam governo Dilma". Época (in português). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "86% dos brasileiros querem cassação de Eduardo Cunha, diz Ibope". O Tempo (in português). 27 December 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "65% são a favor do impeachment de Dilma, diz pesquisa". Tribuna Online (in português). 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "CNT/MDA: 61% acham que rejeição de contas é motivo para impeachment de Dilma". UOL Notícias (in português). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "66% dos brasileiros apoiam o impeachment de Dilma". Gazeta do Povo (in português). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "62,8% são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma, diz CNT/MDA". Terra (in português). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ "63% apoiam abertura de processo de impeachment, aponta Datafolha". G1 (in português). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Aliki, Ayr; Della Coletta, Ricardo (23 March 2015). "Pesquisa indica que 59,7% dos brasileiros apoiam impeachment de Dilma". Estadão (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ↑ Mendonça, Ricardo (21 December 2015). "Entre deputados, 42% são pró e 31% contra o impeachment". Folha de S. Paulo (in português). Retrieved 28 April 2021.