Opinion polling on the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff

Main article: Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff
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

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 ±
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

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

  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.