Lower than half of Republicans are “extremely assured” that votes might be counted precisely within the GOP main subsequent yr.
The quantity is a pointy distinction from the 72 % of Democrats who say that they’ve excessive confidence their get together’s main election.
Based on a brand new ballot from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research:
About one-third of Republicans say they’ve a “nice deal” or “fairly a bit” of confidence that votes within the Republican main elections and caucuses might be counted accurately. About three in 10 Republicans report a “average” quantity of confidence, and 32% say they’ve “solely just a little” or “none in any respect.” In distinction, 72% of Democrats have excessive confidence their get together will depend votes precisely in its main contests. Democrats are additionally barely extra probably than Republicans to have a excessive degree of confidence within the Republican Occasion’s vote depend being correct.
The pollsters moreover discovered that simply “about one-quarter of Republicans say they’ve a minimum of ‘fairly a bit’ of confidence that the votes within the 2024 presidential election might be counted precisely, considerably decrease than Democrats. Barely fewer than half of U.S. adults total (46%) consider the identical.”
General, the ballot discovered large mistrust for each events by People throughout the political spectrum.
The Related Press experiences, “About one-quarter of U.S. adults say they’ve ‘solely just a little’ confidence or ‘none in any respect’ that each the Democratic Occasion and Republican Occasion have a good course of for choosing a presidential nominee. About half of independents have that low degree of confidence in each get together’s processes, in contrast with one-quarter of Republicans and 19% of Democrats.”