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The dust from Election Day may still be settling, Americans have a lot of feelings about how things went down. The latest surveys show a mix of confidence, concern, and skepticism, especially around vote counting and whom to trust with the details.
When it comes to vote counting, voters tend to feel more upbeat about their personal votes than about the national vote tally. The Wall Street Journal surveyed 1,500 registered voters in October and found that half of voters (50%) believe that the presidential election results will be counted correctly, while a notable one-third (33%) question the national vote-counting process. But when it comes to counting their own vote, nearly three-fourths of voters (73%) believe it will be counted accurately, with only 12% saying it won’t.
Information sources also play a substantial role in shaping perceptions of voting accuracy. An Ipsos poll, fielded in October, surveying 1,150 adults, found that Americans who rely on most cable news or national newspapers report higher confidence in various voting methods than those who primarily consume Conservative outlets, such as Fox News. (For example, only 27% of Fox viewers trust mail in ballots.)These insights reflect a complex landscape where personal confidence in voting is relatively strong, but broader concerns about process integrity, and institutional trust remain.
Read More in the Wall Street Journal
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