Half of Republicans say Biden won because of a 'rigged' election: Reuters/Ipsos poll

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




NOVEMBER 18, 20206:05 AM UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO

By Chris Kahn

(Reuters) - About half of all Republicans believe President Donald Trump “rightfully won” the U.S. election but that it was stolen from him by widespread voter fraud that favored Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.

The Nov. 13-17 opinion poll showed that Trump’s open defiance of Biden’s victory in both the popular vote and Electoral College appears to be affecting the public’s confidence in American democracy, especially among Republicans.

Altogether, 73% of those polled agreed that Biden won the election while 5% thought Trump won. But when asked specifically whether Biden had “rightfully won,” Republicans showed they were suspicious about how Biden’s victory was obtained.

Fifty-two percent of Republicans said that Trump “rightfully won,” while only 29% said that Biden had rightfully won.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKBN27Y1AJ

[RKP5637]

1. Republicans, in general, are not the sharpest tools in the tool shed. n/t

[beachbumbob]

4. problem is they are want to be lied to and no way to fix that in these people, going forward

with elections and democracy in America is going to be extremely difficult. 2022 bodes terrible for democrats at this point

[RKP5637]

15. It keeps nagging me in the back of my mind that America's best years are over, being destroyed

from within by those that get their news and direction from outright lies. The naiveness and gullibility in today's American is unbelievable.

[certainot]

27. there are 1500 UNCHALLENGED coordinated radio stations out there lying all day

probably with US and russian think tank callers doing a lot of work - for 30 years.

with no polling to show trump -rw radio connection..... and limbaugh's leading the chorus about massive voter fraud by the biden criminals

[RKP5637]

30. Americans, somehow, need a massive educational program about lying and deception. The problem is

the idiot factor of the US would not believe it. Many deception spewers are making money as they drag the country to the bottom. Yep, free speech, but responsible and truthful free speech is needed. I guess a start would be to bring back the Fairness Doctrine.

[certainot]

40. there's a fair bit of evidence russia's been feeding/using talk radio here since at least 2008

media needs to expose the blowhards as putin tools and a lot of that base will wither fast

[RKP5637]

42. Absolutely!!! n/t

[Turin_C3PO]

34. The good news

is that Limbaugh should kick the bucket soon. Not soon enough, I realize.

[FakeNoose]

37. Limbaugh got so filthy stinking rich with his lies

I think he's worth something like $60 million. Don't you think there's a whole army of liars waiting to take his place?

What we need to do is take the profit out of the lying-hate radio. We need to launch a nation-wide boycott of products and services that are advertised on those ultra-conservative stations.

[certainot]

38. for boycotts, heres a link to a radio site with links to talk station/feeds by state

https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/country/united-states/state/georgia/genre/talk-stations

then they can be recorded and transcribed at place like sonix.ai and advertisers can be listed with little or no listening.

when the ad industry gets a whiff there's a stoprush x 100 possible they will break up the monopoly - no new FD needed.

[certainot]

39. thots and prayers

[Freethinker65]

2. 52% of Republicans agree Biden rightfully won.

Considering the disinformation Trump has been pushing, that isn't that bad.

[greenjar_01]

8. Agreed

[Doodley]

21. That 52% is for Republicans who believe Trump rightfully won. 29% believe Biden rightfully won.

[underpants]

3. If their media told them so, in about 2 weeks 1/2 of them would say they are fire trucks

Now they have Fox AND OAN and Newsmax plus all the internet echo chamber and the Q.

[RKP5637]

17. ... worse than a military invasion force against the US.

[musclecar6]

5. Many

Republicans should be voting Democrat if they are voting in their own self interest. That said those who still vote Republican when it would serve them better to vote Democrat, are just fucking stupid. So it’s no surprise that they will listen to trump’s completely self-serving nonsense.

[apnu]

6. Dear Republicans, explain "rigged" with evidence please.

While you are at it, please explain our election system and how it was "rigged"

Take all the time you need.

[greenjar_01]

7. Down from 70%

The numbers are getting harder tp argue with.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

9. If certain groups of people are predisposed to believing lies and propaganda,

Republican voters are the perfect example of that. Brainwashing happens easier for some groups, apparently.

[Botany]

10. From last night ..... Sedition Media aka Fox, NewsMax, Fox Biz, and so on

I just spent the last couple of hours on our first cold night on the couch with my
"lab blanket" on top of me half sleeping and half channel surfing and God God in
Butter but here was my take away. And I never watch that right wing crap

Fox w/Tucker .... holding up some Oregon county commissioner and how she refuses
to wear a mask and her plans for a big maskless family/friends Thanksgiving .... as if she
is some kind of hero fighting against "big liberal government." Not that she is some kind of
nut job who is putting people's lives at risk.

NewsMax .... God only knows the names of these creatures .... I think Sean Spicer was there
about the growing movement that will flip the election to Trump and the real Hunter Biden
election rigging story ... and Senator Kennedy about some breaking shit that will blow the
lid off of Biden's phony victory that it is a product of the media or something like that.

Fox Biz .... how Twitter flagging false postings by Trump is an example of the liberal media
thought police trying to silence "the truth."

Fox News Chyron ..... Dems in disarray Looking to Replace Pelosi ... we just flipped 5 states
and took back the White House and with a real chance to take the senate too.

Even though we have won the popular vote in 7 of the last 8 Presidential election (2004 we didn't
but that election was very dirty) somebody or some groups of bodies are spending millions
if not billions bathing a % of Americans in pure crap and lies.

These fuckers aim to take down Biden and Harris even before they get into office.

[liberalmuse]

11. "Rigged" means People of all colors are "mostly" allowed to vote.

They are so used to voter suppression at the polls on election day I guess they are shocked at what happens when people, especially people of color are allowed to vote. Mail-in ballots aren't marked by skin color.

[truthisfreedom]

12. What do we care? Repukes represent the lowest IQ group in the nation.

Fuck ‘em.

[RKP5637]

18. Yeah ... always reminds me that 1/2 the people you meet have an IQ under 100. The GOP

sure has seized on that segment of society.

[hibbing]

13. Not shocked, Trumpster has 95% Republican approval last I checked n/t

[marble falls]

14. 100% of Democrats knew Trump's was rigged.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

16. WHAT does "republican" mean - people who voted that way? registered card carrying repubs? people

who self identify as republican vs something else?

52% of those could be a very small number - or not, depending on how the word is defined.

Who needs this vague claptrap - just more noise to confuse people

[rickyhall]

20. Only half? Just 36 million live their own reality?

[newdayneeded]

23. And

are a minority group.

[onetexan]

25. Agree, and i don't believe all 1/3 of the rabid base actually believe election was rigged.

I don't trust this poll.

[ananda]

22. And that means that half accept it.

Better than I thought...

And the Reeps ARE the minority.

[Doodley]

24. They are mostly the same folk who believe Covid is fake or exaggerated, that Obama wasn't born in

America, that Trump was good for the economy, that climate change is a hoax, We need to educate them with ads telling them that these things Trump has told them is not supported by a shred of evidence. Give a date for Trump to come forward with that evidence. Offer Trump millions of dollars for doing so. Then run ads showing Trump has no evidence, but he assumes some folks will be gullible enough to believe his lies.

[The Wizard]

26. Cognitive dissonance

is covered by Obamacare.

[Sudsy]

28. Just curious,

but how do you rig a national election in a country with more than 3,000 counties in 50 states in which 150 million people cast ballots?

[LisaL]

29. Lets put it this way-

third of republicans believe that Biden won the election-that's progress.

[LudwigPastorius]

31. Projecting this poll result to the total adult population that identifies as Republican...

leads to the conclusion that there are 41 million people in this country that totally divorced from reality, and are beyond all hope.

[themaguffin]

32. and that is part of the mission of the GOP propaganda blitz.

[Mr.Bill]

33. Of course they think Biden rigged the election.

They think that's the only way an election can be won. More projection.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Half the GOP thinks Trump's farts cure cancer

[W T F]

36. When they say "Trump won" just tell them "So did Al Gore"😂😂🇺🇸

[Bengus81]

41. Wonder why I'm supposed to care? I don't care if 90% of those idiots belive him...

He lost, get over it I think is the way it's usually put to Democrats when they lose an election.