Genial/Quaest research shows that another 20% would not take the case into consideration when choosing who to vote for
A survey released this Thursday (12 March 2026) shows that 38% of Brazilian voters would avoid voting for a candidate involved in . Another 20% would not take the case into consideration when choosing who to vote for. Read the of the research (PDF – 5 mB).
Genial/Quaest asked the following: “Thinking now about the elections and how you choose who to vote for. Would you say that”.
Here is how the interviewees responded:
- would avoid voting for any candidate involved in the Banco Master scandal – 38%;
- would take the theme of Banco Master into consideration, as well as other issues – 29%;
- would not take the Banco Master issue into consideration when choosing who to vote for – 20%;
- don’t know/didn’t answer – 13%.
The survey was carried out by Genial/Quaest from March 6 to 9, 2026. 2,004 people aged 16 or over in Brazil were interviewed. The confidence interval is 95%. The margin of error is 2 percentage points, plus or minus. The survey is registered with the TSE under code: BR-05809/2026. According to the company, the study cost 465,820.00 and was paid for by Banco Genial.
BANCO MASTER CASE
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SETTLEMENT BY THE CENTRAL BANK
Attention turned to Banco Master after the BC (Central Bank) from the institution on November 18 due to suspicions of fraud. THE (Credit Guarantee Fund) was estimated at around R$50 billion, the biggest drop in the history of the sector.
On the same day, the Compliance Zero operation, by the PF (Federal Police), the founder of the bank, what it was days later.
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DIAS TOFFOLI REPORT
The case went to the (Supreme Federal Court) and, initially, the rapporteur was in charge of Dias Toffoli. The minister, however, was embroiled in a series of controversies linked to the Master, publicized by the press. Among them is the with a lawyer from the bank to watch a football game in Lima, Peru, and the participation of a person linked to Vorcaro at the Resort Tayaya hotel, of which Toffoli is one of the partners.
The crisis gained a new layer when the general director of the PF, Andrei Rodrigues, handed the president of the Supreme Court, Edson Fachin, a which should serve to support the request for suspicion of Dias Toffoli as rapporteur.
The Supreme publishing a note in support of Toffoli, but appointing another rapporteur for the case. The name drawn was that of minister André Mendonça.
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ANDRÉ MENDONÇA AND THE CLASS
At the head of the case, Mendonça . In the minister’s decision, messages were released from the Master’s founder’s phone, intercepted by the PF, which would indicate that he commanded a group, informally called Turma, whose role was .
According to the investigation, the banker had asked for a forged “assault” against journalist Lauro Jardim: “I want to beat him up”.
The PF also pointed out that the Vorcaro Group in the systems of the MPF (Federal Public Ministry) and the PF itself. In addition to Vorcaro, Fabiano Zettel, the banker’s brother-in-law, federal police officer Marilson Roseno da Silva and Luiz Philippe Machado de Moraes Mourão, nicknamed sicário (synonymous with hired killer) and one of the members of the Gang, were preventively arrested.
Mourão at the PF Superintendence premises in Minas Gerais shortly after being arrested. According to the PF, brain death resulted from suicide.
In addition to Vorcaro’s messages contained in Mendonça’s decision, there was a leak of other conversations from the banker, which the Poder360 had access. In them, he demonstrated closeness to Republic authorities.
The senator was mentioned (PP-PI), whom the banker even referred to as one of the and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, (Republicans-PB). Meetings with STF minister Alexandre de Moraes are also mentioned.
Furthermore, the office of Moraes’ wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes, provided 22 months of services to Banco Master, for which s. The amount received is considered to be much higher than that practiced in the market. Read more details in this report from Poder360.
In note on March 9, she declared that her office provided services to the bank from February 2024 to November 2025, when Vorcaro was arrested for the first time in Operation Compliance Zero.
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