Datafolha Poll: 79% of voters in São Paulo say they are not afraid to vote even with a pandemic | 2020 elections in São Paulo

When asked if they could stop voting for fear of becoming infected with the coronavirus, 79% of voters said no and 21% said yes.

The majority of those who said they can stop voting due to fear of contamination are young people aged 16-24 (29%), followed by the population aged 25-34 (27%) and 35-44. (twenty%). Adults aged 45 to 59 years were 17% and people aged 60 years and over, 16%.

When asked about voting security, respondents said they felt:

• Very sure: 26%
• A bit sure: 46%
• Nothing sure: 28%
• Does not know: one%

In relation to the previous survey, carried out on September 24, the number of those who declared they did not feel safe dropped from 34% to 28%. Those who said they felt a bit safe went from 42% to 46% in the same period. Those who feel very safe fluctuated from 24% to 26%.

Among the poorest, with a family income of up to 2 salaries, 35% said they felt insecure to vote. Among the richest, with incomes above 10 salaries, the percentage of insecurity is 16%.

Knowledge of elections

A portion of 11% of city voters said they did not know there will be elections to elect mayors and councilors in November, a slightly lower rate than in the previous poll, when 14% said they did not know about voting.

When asked about the degree of interest in the elections for mayor and councilors, the answers were:

• Large: 37%
• Average: 28%
• Small: 6%
• Not interested: 29%

• Large: 27%
• Average: 29%
• Small: 9%
• Not interested: 33%

The survey also noted the following percentages of voting intention of candidates for the City of São Paulo in the 2020 elections:

• Celso Russomanno (Republicans): 27%
• Bruno Covas (PSDB): 21%
• Guilherme Boulos (PSOL): 12%
• Márcio França (PSB): 8%
• Arthur do Val – Mamãe Fali (Patriot): 3%
• Andrea Matarazzo (PSD): 2%
• Levy Fidelix (PRTB): 2%
• Antonio Carlos Silva (PCO): 1%
• Jilmar Tatto (PT): 1%
• Joice Hasselmann (PSL): 1%
• Marina Helou (Chain): 1%
• Orlando Silva (PCdoB): 1%
• Filipe Sabará (New): 1%.
• Vera Lúcia (PSTU): 1%
• None / blank / null: 12%
• Don’t know / No answer: 4%

• The survey was commissioned by TV Globo and the newspaper “Folha de S. Paulo”.
• Margin of error: 3 percentage points more or less
• Who was heard: 1,092 voters in the city of São Paulo aged 16 or over.
• When was the survey conducted: October 5 and 6.
• Identification number in the Electoral Tribunal: SP-08428/2020.
• The confidence level used is 95%. This means that there is a 95% probability that the results reflect the current electoral moment, considering the margin of error.

Electoral surveys: what is a sample, margin of error and level of confidence.

VIDEOS: Ask Questions About the 2020 Election