Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump frequently accuses the media of biasing its coverage of the 2016 election campaign in favor of his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. A majority of registered voters (52%) agree with the Republican nominee. Meanwhile, 8% think the media favors Trump and 38% perceive no media bias. […] Read more »
Americans’ Confidence in Voting, Election
As claims that next Tuesday’s presidential election is “rigged” continue to swirl, two in three Americans (66%) say they are “very” or “somewhat confident” that votes will be cast and counted accurately across the country. This is similar to the 62% Gallup recorded in August, after GOP presidential nominee Donald […] Read more »
Clinton’s Lead Narrows, Wider Majority Expects Her to Win
Presidential preferences have narrowed in the ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll — but not expectations of the outcome. Fifty-nine percent of likely voters polled say they expect Hillary Clinton to win the election, essentially the same was it was in early September. … Results on vote fraud show how this […] Read more »
60% of Republicans believe illegal immigrants vote; 43% believe people vote using dead people’s names
The 2016 presidential campaign has become a referendum on the process of American electoral democracy itself. … But to what extent do Americans believe voter fraud and voter suppression occur? And are there differences that fall along party lines, as we might expect? In a poll conducted immediately after the […] Read more »
Americans now live in two worlds, each with its own reality
… It’s unclear whether Trump is reinforcing existing skepticism about institutions such as the media and the government or whether he’s creating new strains. It’s probably both. As Wonkblog’s Chris Ingraham noted Saturday, the lack of confidence in traditional institutions has spiked since 2008 — at least among Republicans. Trump […] Read more »
If my candidate is behind, the poll must be biased
… There’s evidence that political partisans, like sports fans, discount or dismiss information that challenges their favored candidates or ideas, and even accept conspiracy theories that support their views. In a survey, we found evidence that ordinary citizens are more likely to believe in the accuracy of polls that show […] Read more »