Less than half of Americans believe midterm votes will be counted fairly after Trump rants
- President Donald Trump’s scaremongering over November’s midterms appears to have been effective, with just 45 percent of Americans saying they expect the elections to be conducted fairly, according to a new poll.
- Fifty-five percent of respondents to YouGov’s latest survey answered “no” or “not sure” when asked if they believed the vote would be carried out without interference from bad actors.
- Those answers were consistent among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, with 20 percent of followers of the two main parties saying they expected foul play, as did 24 percent of unaffiliated vo
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- President Donald Trump’s scaremongering over November’s midterms appears to have been effective, with just 45 percent of Americans saying they expect the elections to be conducted fairly, according to a new poll.
- Fifty-five percent of respondents to YouGov’s latest survey answered “no” or “not sure” when asked if they believed the vote would be carried out without interference from bad actors.
- Those answers were consistent among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike, with 20 percent of followers of the two main parties saying they expected foul play, as did 24 percent of unaffiliated vo
Sources: The Independent