New Studies: Trust in Elections Shaken By 2020; Huge Gap Between ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2020 election was unique in American politics. For the first time, an incumbent president lost the popular and electoral college votes but refused to concede the ... Read More

New study reveals partisan gap in trust in elections widened in 2022

According to a new UC San Diego survey, the partisan gap of trust in the integrity of U.S. elections grew in 2022. Then, as the year winds down, some San Diegans are packing up and heading out ... Read More

Cyber War, Elections and Voters’ Shaken Trust

News about cyberattacks — including those unrelated to voting — leaves even election winners with diminished confidence in the process. Education is key: It’s vital that voters understand how ... Read More

Most Republicans say they don't trust elections, an NPR poll finds : NPR

Many Republicans appear to have bought into Trump's lies about widespread election fraud. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that just a third of GOP voters say they trust elections are fair. Read More

Do Americans trust their elections? | Pew Research Center

When Trump won the 2016 election, his voters suddenly become much more confident in the process and say the election was run well, compared to what it looked like in 2020, when he lost the election. Read More

Why Americans are losing trust in elections and the media

Two researchers from the Pew Research Center, Bradley Jones and Katerina Eva Matsa, discuss data showing why Americans are losing faith in the media and U.S. elections. Search Query Show Search News ... Read More

The Death of Competition in American Elections - The New York Times

A vast majority of 2024 races for Congress and state legislatures were decided by low-turnout or meaningless primaries. The trend is making politics more polarized and eroding public trust. Read More

The media trust gap between conservatives and liberals continues to ...

The study reveals a Grand Canyon-sized gap between Republican and Democratic perspectives on the national news media. Just five years ago, 70 percent of Republicans said they had at least some ... Read More

Polls Show Trump’s Edge Shrinking on Voters ... - The New York Times

But Ms. Harris has made some gains on the economy. In a September Times/Siena poll, likely voters favored Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy by 13 percentage points; that lead had shrunk to ... Read More