With the national elections just over one month over the horizon, a majority of likely voters are worried about election cheating, according to a newly-released Rasmussen poll.
The veteran polling firm also recalled past surveys where many voters “believe mail-in voting makes it easier to cheat in elections,” and as a result, voters “who think it’s Very Likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 election are less likely to say they will vote by mail this year.”
According to Rasmussen, “62 percent of voters are concerned that the outcome of the presidential election will be affected by cheating, including 40% who are Very Concerned.” However, 34 percent aren’t concerned about cheating, including 18% who are Not At All Concerned, Rasmussen said.
This year’s presidential election is certainly the most hotly contested races in recent memory, possibly rivaled only by the elections in 2016 and 2020, the latter which—according to Rasmussen—still raises hackles among a majority of voters. The firm says a “majority of voters still suspect that the election four years ago was not on the up-and-up.”
“Fifty-three percent believe it is likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election,” Rasmussen’s survey revealed, “including 36% who say it’s Very Likely. Thirty-seven percent think it’s not likely the 2020 election was affected by cheating, including 24% who consider it Not At All Likely. Another 10% are not sure.”
A closer look shows that 71 percent of Republicans “think it’s at least somewhat likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, as do 42 percent of Democrats and 46 percent of” Independents.”
Rasmussen conducted this survey Sept. 18-19 from among 1,114 likely voters with a margin of sampling error of +/- 3 percentage points and a 95 percent level of confidence.
With early voting already underway in some states, according to the Washington Examiner, the survey revealed 68 percent of Democrats and 55 percent of Republicans plan to vote early, along with 51 percent of Independents.
