SpecialOlympian wrote:Maybe the problem is a former POTUS loudly whining about how he could never, ever lose and not the system?
Lol 60%, cite it fucker. You're telling me a greater portion of the electorate than the people who voted for Biden and got what they wanted doubt the results? Haha
Ok.
You can see the Morning Consult survey I posted earlier. Republican trust is actually lower than 60%, and after the 2020 election it plummets (and Democrat trust shoots up - independents remain basically flat):
https://morningconsult.com/form/trackin ... elections/MIT's Election Lab does a survey (Survey of the Performance of American Elections) that deals with this issue in more detail, here trust in US elections is higher... But not by all that much (instead of 60%, you may leave it at 60-70% depending on the aspect of the process you want to consider). You can check the report out here:
https://electionlab.mit.edu/research/pr ... -electionsFull report:
http://electionlab.mit.edu/sites/defaul ... ch2021.pdfLet's check confidence in counting, for example. It seems most people are willing to trust their own vote was properly counted and also trust in the counting process seems to be higher for more local authorities:
Here are some time series:
Republicans traditionally showed somewhat lower trust in the process, but now the partisan difference widened by a lot:
As for different types of voter fraud, it's fair to say that only 60-70% of all voters believe it never happens or only infrequently:
And there's again a partisan difference that's widened for the last election:
At last, there seems to be agreement among voters about a fair amount of measures to support the process (and also about a couple of measures that don't have all that much support, like internet and cell phone voting):
In particular, a majority of both Democrat and Republican voters seem to agree with paper backups, change of registration when moving, having nonpartisan election officials, making the election day a holiday and requesting a photo ID. There is also low support for internet and cell phone voting among people from both parties as I stated earlier. A majority of all voters would also support automatic voter registration, election day registration and voting on weekends.
@Rancid indeed, I think some of that is definitely going on. Since under the Constitution elections are managed and regulated largely by the States (the federal government can only regulate some minimum standards) it's not surprising people don't feel they are in control. I think it's not just partisanship, as confidence in national results is also lower than for more local ones, but this attitude is of course more prevalent among Republicans.