Data Sheet: 56% of Voters Would Go to the Polls Even if Voting Was Not Mandatory

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Research Datasheet released this Sunday (23) shows that 56% of voters would vote in this year's elections even if the vote was not mandatory. The question was: Thinking about this year's election, if the vote was NOT mandatory, would you vote, yes or no? See the numbers: Yes: 56% No: 43% You don't know: 1% The will to vote is higher among men, older, more educated and richer. Among men, 59% say they would go to the polls even without compulsory …

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Lifting heard 2,058 Brazilian voters aged 16 or over between August 18 and 19; margin of error is two percentage points, for more or less

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Research also points out that 43% say they would not vote in this year if electoral participation was optional

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More than half of Brazilians (56%) say that they would vote in the elections of 2026 even if the vote was not compulsory in Brazil, shows Datafolha research. J 43% say that they would not vote, and only 1% did not know how to answer. Read more (08/23/2026