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Polls show majority of Republicans mistakenly think the 2020 election wasn't legitimate
The Republican BIG LIE voting scheme works like this:
• Trump loses the 2020 election by over 7 million votes. No mass voting fraud is found by state voting officials, 60 courts, or Trumps own Department of Justice.
• Nevertheless, Trump tells the BIG LIE that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The terrified Republican Party goes along with Trumps BIG LIE.
• Trump and the Republicans (and FOX/OANN/Newsmax/Breitbart) continue to tell the BIG LIE and amplify it to Trump supporters.
• Now that they have the Republican base believing the BIG LIE, Republican legislatures across the country begin writing new laws to "protect the voting process".
• Rather than "protect the voting process", the new Republican voting laws actually restrict/suppress the voting process, especially among minorities and people of color.
• Rather than admit to what they are actually engaged in, Republican's double-down on the BIG LIE. Now, even Big Business is calling them out for their new anti-American voting laws.
4/10/21
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that 55% of Republicans falsely believe Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election was the result of illegal voting or rigging. Additionally, 60% of Republicans incorrectly agree that the election was stolen from Republican Donald Trump. These polls are the latest to indicate that Republicans mistakenly think that the 2020 election wasn't legitimate, when it clearly was. Republicans have been pushing legislation at the state level to make voting at least somewhat more difficult than it was for the 2020 election. This has come in the wake of polls showing many Republicans doubt the election result. It is unclear what effect this legislation will ultimately have on future election outcomes. What is perfectly clear, however, is that Republicans' lack of faith in our current election infrastructure is a direct result of Trump's historic efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 results. After Trump left the White House in January, Monmouth University asked Americans whether they thought the 2020 election was conducted fairly and confidently. Overall, most (66%) were confident it was. But the lion's share of Republicans (65%) disagreed and said they were not confident at all the election was conducted fairly and accurately, which is consistent with the Ipsos polling spoken about above. This 65% is truly an anomaly in recent times.
Republicans' doubts come despite a clear margin for Biden in the swing states that made the difference. Trump would have had to have won at least three states he lost by more than 10,000 votes (one he lost by more than 20,000) to merely keep Biden from reaching 270 electoral votes. Trump's false allegations have certainly shifted the way Republicans think about who should be able to vote. Today, a mere 28% of Republicans say everything should be done to make it easy for citizens to vote. Democrats, by comparison, have barely moved on the question with 85% arguing voting should be made as easy as possible. The only thing that has really changed between 2018 and 2021 was the 2020 election. It should be noted that Republicans are in the minority on this issue. Most Americans (59%) say everything should be done to make things as easy as possible for citizens to vote.
The Republican BIG LIE voting scheme works like this:
• Trump loses the 2020 election by over 7 million votes. No mass voting fraud is found by state voting officials, 60 courts, or Trumps own Department of Justice.
• Nevertheless, Trump tells the BIG LIE that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The terrified Republican Party goes along with Trumps BIG LIE.
• Trump and the Republicans (and FOX/OANN/Newsmax/Breitbart) continue to tell the BIG LIE and amplify it to Trump supporters.
• Now that they have the Republican base believing the BIG LIE, Republican legislatures across the country begin writing new laws to "protect the voting process".
• Rather than "protect the voting process", the new Republican voting laws actually restrict/suppress the voting process, especially among minorities and people of color.
• Rather than admit to what they are actually engaged in, Republican's double-down on the BIG LIE. Now, even Big Business is calling them out for their new anti-American voting laws.