The majority of voters believe it is likely that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, including 35 percent who say it was “Very Likely” that cheating affected the result.
Seventy-four percent of Republicans currently believe that the 2020 presidential election was marred by cheating, a view shared by 30 percent of Democrats and 51 percent of voters not affiliated with either major party.
FWM reported on several cases where cheating was alleged.
They also said that it was more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, American voters dismissed claims that voter ID laws were discriminatory.
Only 29 percent thought laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters, while sixty-two percent said voter ID laws do not discriminate, countering the mainstream media’s persistent narrative.
The survey of 1 000 likely voters was conducted on April 11-12, 2021 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
Asked which is more important, making it easier for everybody to vote, or making sure there is no cheating in elections, 60 percent thought it was more important to prevent cheating, while only 37 percent said it was more important to make it easier to vote.
Notably, only 22 percent of voters said it was too hard to vote. Some 34 percent said it was too easy to vote, and 41 percent had no complaints.
Majorities of all racial groups – 59 percent of whites, 56 percent of blacks and 63 percent of other minority voters wanted to ensure that no cheating in elections were allowed. Similarly, majorities of all racial groups rejected the claim that voter ID laws discriminated against minority voters.
Biden’s strongest supporters were least likely to view cheating in elections as a higher priority. Of those who strongly disapproved of Biden’s performance, 79 percent thought that preventing irregular voting was more important.
After Georgia passed a new election law, Major League Baseball (MLB) punished the state by moving the annual All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. While most Americans thought it was bad to mix sports and politics, a majority of Democratic voters lauded MLB for making “the right decision”.
