Confidence in Election Integrity Hides Deep Partisan Divide

Most Americans are very (34%) or somewhat confident (29%) that votes in the upcoming midterm elections will be accurately cast and counted. …

In most election years since 2004, Gallup has found that Americans who self-identify with the political party of the incumbent president have expressed greater confidence in election accuracy — with two exceptions, 2008 and 2020. …

The current 45 percentage points that separate Republicans’ (40%) and Democrats’ (85%) confidence represents the largest gap Gallup has recorded on this measure since 2004. CONTINUED

Justin McCarthy, Gallup


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