Poll: 70 percent of Republicans don't think the election was free and fair
Source: MSN/Politico
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.
The lack of trust in the election system has led to Republicans being more skeptical about the election results. Although only 18 percent of Republicans had said the results would be unreliable prior to Election Day, now 64 percent feel the same way following Biden’s victory. By contrast, 86 percent of Democrats say they trust the results.
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The scary thing is that this sets the stage for Trump and Republicans to just try hold on to power and act as if Trump won. In fact, because Republicans are only concerned about their base, they may feel obligated to see this through, particularly since Trump can now install someone who is loyal as his Secretary of Defense.
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At least, that's how I feel today 
sortof OTT CT but... As much as we have accused the GOP of finding ways to suppress the votes (of Democrats), including dicking around with the touchscreen machines - well imagine if Democrats had an alternative to the machine - say "mail-in ballots" (which are hand-marked and scanned). Why... something like that would completely bypass those "pre-programmed" (in quotes) machines, wouldn't they?
And that lead to the knee-capping of the USPS. But then those pesky "drop boxes" appeared so now we get treated with a fusillade of frivolous lawsuits while they pound the air with their fists yelling "Curses!!! Foiled again!"
It's like a mass hysteria version of the Karl Rove meltdown in 2012! 
I was going to say 70,000,000 Americans are fucking assholes.
But I like your phrasing better....
Here's the one about Dominion Voting Systems in Michigan debunked on Snopes:
RUMOR ALERT: Dominion Voting Systems Fraud Claims
Isolated incidents that were quickly rectified were used to imply widespread voter fraud was occurring in 2020.
Link: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rumor-alert-dominion-voting-systems-fraud-claims/
And then, when one or two rumors don't work, they invent new ones and post them:
Link to tweet
They say "Benghazi", I say "Comey".
Now, I say "cheese" while they whine.
... so isn't it amazing that only 70% believe the lies?
