The tariff imposed by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to Brazil has “flourished something unprecedented in a portion of the population,” according to Quaest CEO Felipe Nunes: the fear that the country will enter war.
According to a genius/Quaest survey released on Wednesday (20), 5% of Brazilians are afraid of a conflict as their biggest concern about current Brazil.
The index is the largest in the historical series. Until then, the largest percentages had been recorded in May and July, with 2% of the answers each month.
Trump announced the. The Republican attributed the collection, in addition to a “national emergency” due to “unusual” and “extraordinary” policies and actions of the Brazilian government, to the stance of the Supreme Court (STF) with former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL). A, on August 8th.
According to Quaest, the main concern of Brazilians, however, remains the violence (26%), followed by social problems (19%) and the economy (17%).
2,004 people were interviewed in person between August 13 and 17. The margin of error is 2 percentage points, more or less, with a confidence level of 95%.