Opinion polling on the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

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Then-president Dilma Rousseff in February 2016.

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[edit]

Public opinion[edit]

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 ±
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.

Polling aggregates
Impeachment support
  Yes
  No
  Unsure/No Opinion

Federal Deputies[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ Cruz, Elaine Patricia (14 April 2016). "Vox Populi: maioria quer impeachment, mas acha que processo não resolverá crise". Agência Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ Canzian, Fernando (9 April 2016). "Maioria quer que Dilma e Temer saiam, mostra pesquisa Datafolha". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  3. ^ Seixas, Tatiana (1 April 2016). "A opinião do brasileiro sobre o impeachment". Ideia Inteligência (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Datafolha: maioria quer impeachment, mas rejeita Michel Temer governando". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). 19 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ "64% reprovam governo Dilma". Datafolha (in Portuguese). 29 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Apoio ao impeachment de Dilma cai para 55,6%, aponta CNT". Terra (in Portuguese). 24 February 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  7. ^ Venceslau, Pedro (1 February 2016). "Pesquisa mostra que 60% dos entrevistados são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  8. ^ Diniz, Augusto (29 January 2016). "Pesquisa aponta que 59,4% dos brasileiros são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma". Jornal Opção (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Datafolha: 65% reprovam governo Dilma". Época (in Portuguese). 20 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ "86% dos brasileiros querem cassação de Eduardo Cunha, diz Ibope". O Tempo (in Portuguese). 27 December 2015. Archived from the original on 30 December 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ "65% são a favor do impeachment de Dilma, diz pesquisa". Tribuna Online (in Portuguese). 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  12. ^ "CNT/MDA: 61% acham que rejeição de contas é motivo para impeachment de Dilma". UOL Notícias (in Portuguese). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ "66% dos brasileiros apoiam o impeachment de Dilma". Gazeta do Povo (in Portuguese). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  14. ^ "62,8% são favoráveis ao impeachment de Dilma, diz CNT/MDA". Terra (in Portuguese). 21 July 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "63% apoiam abertura de processo de impeachment, aponta Datafolha". G1 (in Portuguese). 11 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  16. ^ Aliki, Ayr; Della Coletta, Ricardo (23 March 2015). "Pesquisa indica que 59,7% dos brasileiros apoiam impeachment de Dilma". Estadão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  17. ^ Mendonça, Ricardo (21 December 2015). "Entre deputados, 42% são pró e 31% contra o impeachment". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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