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Notes
1. I am indebted to Vitor Cooke Vieira and Clecio Ferreira for their work in organizing the data here presented. Special thanks to Plinio Dentzien for his careful reading and suggestions.
2. The Brazilian Electoral Survey (ESEB, Estudo Eleitoral Brasileiro) was a national survey following academic standards developed by the DATAUFF (Research, Information and Public Policy Center at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and the CESOP (Center of Public Opinion Studies at the State University of Campinas) after the 2002 elections, between November 10th and December 23rd. It comprised 2530 interviews and encompassed the whole country. It was carried out with the support of the CAPES (Brazilian Coordination Body for the Improvement of Academic Personnel) and the FAPESP (Sao Paulo State Foundation for Research Funding).
3. The questions were namedly: (1) Democracy has some problems, but it is better than any other form of government; (2) In your opinion: (a) democracy is always better than any other form of government; OR (b) in some cases, a dictatorship might be better than democracy; OR (c) it doesn't matter/none of them is better.