{"id":2222,"date":"2023-12-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2023-12-20T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T05:28:11","slug":"poll-both-dems-and-gop-blame-fraud-for-recent-presidential-election-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/poll-both-dems-and-gop-blame-fraud-for-recent-presidential-election-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Both Dems and GOP blame fraud for recent presidential election losses"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

\"121923_i_voted_torn_sticker_r1.png\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Alex Cochran and Michelle Budge, Deseret News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Democrats and Republicans alike point to some form of election interference for their parties\u2019 most recent presidential losses, a new poll suggests.<\/p>\n

In a Deseret News\/HarrisX poll of U.S. voters, the most common reason Democrats give for Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 loss to Donald Trump is foreign election interference. And the most common reason Republicans give for Trump\u2019s 2020 loss to President Joe Biden is ballot tampering.<\/p>\n

The poll was conducted Nov. 21-22 among 1,012 registered voters. The margin of error is +\/- 3.1 percentage points.<\/p>\n

Voters were offered a list of a dozen potential reasons why the candidate won either election and were invited to select all the reasons that applied. Options included \u201che ran the best campaign\u201d; \u201che had the best policy platform\u201d; \u201che was destined to be president\u201d; and \u201che was the most qualified candidate,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"HarrisX___2016_2020_Election_Fraud_r12.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

When asked why they think Trump won in 2016, 31% of self-described Democratic voters say there was foreign election interference. Another 21% say Trump \u201crepresented the change that voters wanted\u201d and 19% say he was \u201cthe most charismatic candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans, however, point to Trump being the \u201cchange that voters wanted\u201d as the top reason (43%); nearly one-third, 32%, say he was \u201cwilling to stand up to Washington\u201d or he \u201cbest understood the issues that matter most to voters.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked why Biden won in 2020, half of Democrats (50%) said he was the most qualified candidate. 49% said he represented the change voters wanted and 43% said he best understood the issues that mattered most to voters.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

\"HarrisX___2016_2020_Election_Fraud_r1.jpg\"<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

But a majority of Republicans, 51%, cite \u201ctampering with ballots\u201d as the leading reason for Biden\u2019s victory. The most-frequent responses after that, at 15%, were \u201che represented the change that voters wanted\u201d and \u201che chose Kamala Harris to be his vice president.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is no evidence foreign election interference changed the outcome of the 2016 election, or of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. In the months following the 2020 election, top government officials within the Trump administration declared<\/a> the election \u201cthe most secure in American history\u201d; Trump\u2019s former attorney general likewise disputed claims<\/a> that there was fraud sufficient to overturn the election.<\/p>\n

\n
Related<\/div>\n