According to one survey, more than half of Americans are concerned about voter fraud in the November election. PR/PBS News/Marist Poll It was released on Thursday.
58% of Americans say they are very concerned or concerned that voter fraud will occur, and 42% are less concerned that ineligible voters will vote multiple times or vote. The respondents answered that they had not done so, or that they were not concerned at all.
Republican lawmakers who responded to the survey passionately expressed concerns about voter ethics. 86% of Republicans and 55% of independents said they were concerned about voter fraud, compared to 33% of Democrats.
Republicans also expressed concern about non-citizens voting, with 81% of respondents questioning the voting process, followed by independents at 53% and Democrats at 25%.
Non-citizen voters have become a top concern for the party as former President Trump continues to criticize Vice President Harris' approach to encouraging immigration into the country.
“For almost four years, we've been living through the worst border crisis in the history of the world,” President Trump said Thursday during a last-minute appearance at Trump Tower in New York.
But data shows that voting by noncitizens is rare.
Despite this, 52 percent of Americans are concerned or very concerned that non-American citizens will be allowed to vote this year. Forty-eight percent are not very worried or not at all worried that this will happen, while less than 1 percent are unsure.
Another top concern among survey participants was international election interference.
About two in three Americans, or 66%, say they are very concerned or concerned that foreign countries will interfere in this year's elections, and 34% say they are worried that such a thing will happen. Less than 1% of respondents said they were not very concerned or not at all concerned, and less than 1% were unsure.
69% of respondents found that those voting by mail are very confident or confident in the U.S. Postal Service's ability to deliver election-related mail to voters and election officials in a timely manner this year. I answered that I have it.
30% are not very confident or have no confidence that election materials will be delivered quickly.
The survey was conducted between September 27 and October 1 among adults 18 and older via live interview, text, and online. There were 1,628 participants, and their responses were within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
Results for registered voters were within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, and results for likely voters were within a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
