On the 4th, Justice Minister Anderson Torres announced that it had sent a request for investigation to the PF about research companies.
Em note on opening the investigation, the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, Anderson Torres, said that “the dissemination of fraudulent research constitutes a crime, punishable by imprisonment of six months to one year and a fine”.
What does Abep say?
The Brazilian Association of Research Companies want to follow the diligence and “collaborate with the clarification of any question regarding the activities of its members and associates”.
The entity says it has a “legitimate interest in monitoring the investigations and supporting the lack of appropriate precautionary measures”.
Abep also published on its website a rejection note to the “hostility” with which researchers and electoral research institutes have been treated, reporting different “intimidations” and physical and verbal attacks against the area. (read below)
Measures of intention x counted votes
According to researchers interviewed by Estadão, there is no single explanation for the divergences between voting intention polls published up until the eve of the first round and the results determined on Sunday (2).
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There is, until then, different hypotheses presented. They include statistical issues, survey methodologies and changes in voter behavior. According to the directors of Datafolha, Luciana Chong, and Ipec, Márcia Cavallari, top institutes of the country's research, the president's final push came from useful vote for Bolsonarism in the final stretch of the first round.
Alignment with Bolsonaro
Minister Anderson Torres' move took place after President Bolsonaro said that the result of the first round of elections “demoralized” the institutes who carry out electoral research, as he received 43,2% of valid votes and poll results released before the election showed a voting intention of 37%.
