43% of Brazilians Distrust Electronic Voting, Poll Shows

2026-02-16 - 10:35

Key Points A Genial/Quaest poll shows 43% of Brazilians say they distrust electronic voting machines, against 53% who trust them — a deep split rooted in partisan identity. Among 2022 Bolsonaro voters, 69% distrust the machines; among Lula voters, 75% trust them — the legacy of years of unproven fraud claims that culminated in the