A new poll released Thursday finds alarming levels of anxiety among Americans about whether the 2024 election will be “fair” and whether their votes will be counted accurately. It was revealed.
A Suffolk University/USA Today poll found that 46% of registered Republicans are not confident that their ballots will be accurately counted and reported after people across the country head to the polls in November. answered.
Among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who claimed the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from him, 52% said they were not confident that their ballots would be counted accurately.
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Election workers in Chester County, Pennsylvania, process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University on November 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
But the poll found a clear divide among registered Democrats, with 81% of them saying they were “very” confident the 2024 election would be “fair.” Only 14% of Republicans felt the same way.
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It also found that while a majority of voters (83%) are concerned about a “threat to democracy,” they are divided on what they consider an actual threat.
18% said President Trump is the biggest threat, 10% said government corruption and dysfunction, and 8% said immigration and open borders.
Former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
When asked which party is more responsible for threatening democracy, voters were split between 40% and 40% who blamed Democrats and Republicans, respectively.
A majority (59%) say it is appropriate for participants in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol to be criminally prosecuted, while 32% say it is inappropriate and should be rescinded. was.
But nearly three years later, fewer Americans hold Trump responsible for the riot. 43% of respondents said the former president had a “great responsibility,” down from 48% in 2021. In both years, 28% of Americans said Trump was not at all responsible.
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Americans loyal to President Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
A majority of Democrats (96%) said they were in favor of prosecuting Trump in Georgia, Washington, D.C., and New York, with 52% saying it was appropriate. Forty-three percent said the charges were inappropriate and should be dismissed, and 85% of Republicans agreed with that number.
Independents were split in their opinion that the prosecution was appropriate, 48% to 42%, with 9% undecided.
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In a hypothetical head-to-head race, Trump held a slight advantage over President Biden (44-43%), but when voters were asked about their third-party choices (17%), the lead was 39-37%. expanded to
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