Just one-in-three Americans say they’ll accept the results of the 2024 election regardless of outcome

[Slimshandy]

One-quarter say they have no confidence at all in the safeguards designed to ensure free and fair elections this November. A further one-in-three say they have little confidence, while just one-in-five say they’re totally comfortable the checks and balances will hold up.

Among those who voted for Joe Biden in the last contest, held nearly four years ago, one-in-three say they’re not confident. Those who supported Trump in 2020, and who are perhaps more likely to believe Trump’s repeated claims that the election was “rigged”, are far more likely to voice doubt; four-in-five do so.

These doubts fall not only on the election process itself, but on the potential results. Just one-in-three (32%) Americans say they will fully accept the results of the 2024 presidential election regardless of whether Biden or Trump win. The rest express some reservations, including 70 per cent of past Trump voters who say they will only accept a Trump victory and approaching half (46%) of 2020 Biden voters who say only a Biden win will be viewed as legitimate in their eyes.

Longer term, there are worries about the expression of the people’s will. Two-thirds of Americans (64%) say broadly speaking the idea that power is vested in the people is “weakening”, while seven-in-ten (69%) say the fundamental concept that “the rule of law applies to everyone” has also diminished



More Key Findings:

Half of Americans are now worried that their country may be on the path to authoritarianism. This is an idea held close to equally by both Republicans (48%) and Democrats (50%).


Two-in-five (38%) say America will be “much worse” if Biden secures another term. Slightly more (42%) say the same of a Trump victory come this fall.


Past voters for both candidates are worried about the country’s democracy should the opposite party win. Three-quarters (75%) of those who voted Biden in 2020 believe America’s democracy will be “a lot” weaker after a Trump victory; seven-in-ten (69%) past Trump voters believe a Biden victory would severely weaken democracy in that country.

https://angusreid.org/trump-biden-2024- ... #gsc.tab=0

[Pjmm]

This is a Canadian polling organization. I find it really hard to believe it truly is one in 3 Americans that won’t accept the results of the next election. In fact the sentence reads “of the Biden voters one in 3 aren’t confident.” Of what? The job he’s doing? That black cats bring bad luck? I do believe most Trump supporters wouldn’t believe a Biden win. And that we’re on a path to authoritarianism. I believe that statistic. I just don’t put a lot of faith in polls in general. It depends who they’re polling, the sample size, etc.

[Della]

"As the country nears another inflection point in November, there are many citizens who feel its reign as a global hegemonic force is nearing a close. A majority (60%) of Americans believe the “American Age” will be over soon or is finished already. Three-in-ten (31%) say there is still more time left in its run as the chief global superpower, while one-in-ten (10%) believe there is no end in sight.

Past Trump voters (65%) are more likely than 2020 Biden voters (56%) to say America’s dominance on economic, political and cultural matters is over or ending soon:"