Poll: 70 percent of Republicans don't think the election was free and fair

[Demovictory9]

Poll: 70 percent of Republicans don’t think the election was free and fair

POLITICO logoPoll: 70 percent of Republicans don’t think the election was free and fair

After the presidential race was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Republicans’ trust in the election system plummeted, while Democrats’ trust soared, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

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After the presidential race was called for Democratic candidate Joe Biden, Republicans’ trust in the election system plummeted, while Democrats’ trust soared, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.


Multiple new organizations announced Biden as the election winner on Saturday after four days of counting in several swing states. Following the news, 70 percent of Republicans now say they don’t believe the 2020 election was free and fair, a stark rise from the 35 percent of GOP voters who held similar beliefs before the election. Meanwhile, trust in the election system grew for Democrats, many who took to the streets to celebrate Biden’s victory on Saturday. Ninety percent of Democrats now say the election was free and fair, up from 52 percent before Nov. 3 who thought it would be.


Among Republicans who believed that the election wasn’t free and fair, 78 percent believed that mail-in voting led to widespread voter fraud and 72 percent believed that ballots were tampered with — both claims that have made a constant appearance on the president’s Twitter thread. Like President Donald Trump, a majority of the people that thought the election was unfair, 84 percent, said it benefited Biden.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/poll-70-percent-of-republicans-don-e2-80-99t-think-the-election-was-free-and-fair/ar-BB1aQH3N

[k8conant]

1. But, but, but...they don't believe in opinion polls either!

[Doodley]

2. A lot more anger created by Trump. Some nutter or nutters are going to do something stupid.

[Caliman73]

3. Which is why Right Wing media needs to be stopped.

Listen, I have my doubts about free and fair elections too. I do not think that it happens at the counting stage though. Republicans love them some elections fraud. They love dirty tricks and procedure that restricts the vote. They have been caught at exponentially higher rates that Democrats have historically.

Republicans without their media and their dirty tricks would be a regional party at best. Their policies really only benefit the wealthy in any consistent way, and there are not enough wealthy people to keep them in office. So, they cheat and suppress the vote. That is just fact. They blame Democrats for voter fraud all the time and it is just to try and delegitimize our victories.

This could not happen without the vast network of propaganda and lying that is Fox, the thousands of right wing stations, and the right wing internet presence.

[Chicago1980]

4. Unless a republican was voted into office...

Though they're right, elections aren't free and fair... Ask those former felons in Florida who were made to jump through hoops.

[CatMor]

5. But I'm sure if in the same election trump had won ..

it would then be free and fair. 70% Of Republicans are idiots. It defies common decency that anyone would vote for trump.

[vercetti2021]

6. Lmao

So why didn't we cheat the Senate? God the stupidity of these people

[RockRaven]

7. Yeah, but anyone paying attention knows the poll would be 90-10 the other way if Trump ended up

ahead in the manner that Biden is.

Fuck these whiny losers.

[pat_k]

8. They are right. Biden should have won by much more.

Lines. Tossed ballots for supposed "mismatch" of signatures. Discounted provisional ballots. They prevented many from casting a vote and did not count a higher proportion of votes from democratic strongholds.

I don't know that we've ever seen a truly free and fair election, where every citizen can easily register and cast their ballot and be confident that their vote is counted accurately.

Universal mail in like WA, OR, and CO could be a step in the right direction.

The systems are very secure with ballot tracing, plenty of drop boxes, validation of registration though ERIC, and many, many, other safeguards. As a relatively new resident of WA, I can say this is the first state I've lived in that made it truly simple to register and vote and have verification and confidence that your vote is received and counted. (As far as registration, the number of statutory voter registration opportunities is almost annoying -- but I am grateful.)

[PSPS]

9. No surprise. 70% of republicans are trump's "base" who just mimic what trump tells them

[intrepidity]

10. 70% of Republicans believe Qanon is real, so... nt

[Brainfodder]

11. I think it's time for: FUCK YOUR FEELINGS!

[catbyte]

12. I'm sure that 70% of us thought the 2016 was hinky too but I don't recall the national media

coddling us the way they're coddling the MAGAt snowflakes. And we had legitimate concerns about Russian interference. I'll give them the same advice they gave us in 2016:

"You lost. Get over it. Move on. Oh, and fuck your feelings."

[northlake9]

13. Fine, Do vote

If it is so rigged then don't vote, that is your right.

[greyl]

14. Plan to speak with IRL neighbors right away.nt

[Locutusofborg]

15. They are in the "Denial" stage of Grief

It happens when we lose someone orange that we love.

[DFW]

16. If Fox Noise broadcast that 4 plus 4 equals 5

70% of Republicans would assume their calculators were defective.

[Walleye]

17. Putin: Mission accomplished

[Demsrule86]

18. Pugs always think this way.

[spanone]

19. Two words in the header that stick out....'Don't Think'

who gives a fuck what they think?