Poll: More than half of Republicans say Joe Biden won because of a 'rigged' election

Over half of Republicans claim President Donald Trump won the presidential election “rightfully,” but it was taken from him because of voter fraud that aided President-elect Joe Biden, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Wednesday.

The poll, taken Friday through Tuesday showed that 52% of Republicans said Trump “rightfully won,” while 29% said that Biden had deserved the presidency.

But in all, 73% of those polled agreed that Biden won the election while 5% thought Trump won.

When asked specifically whether Biden had “rightfully won,” Republicans showed they were suspicious about how Biden’s victory was obtained.

According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 73% of those polled agreed that President-elect Joe Biden had won the election. But when asked specifically whether Biden had 'rightfully won,' Republicans showed suspicion https://t.co/RI93qv60Q2 pic.twitter.com/1wavN1RojV

— Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2020

The Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted online, in English, throughout the United States. It received responses from 1,346 respondents, including 598 Democrats and 496 Republicans, and has a credibility interval, a measure of precision, of 5 percentage points.

Meanwhile, a Monmouth University poll released on Wednesday found that more than three-quarters of Trump’s supporters believe Biden’s win was fraudulent.

Overall, 60% believe Biden won fairly while 32% said he did not. But among Trump’s backers, 77% said they believed the election had been stolen from the Republican president.

New @MonmouthPoll: 77% of Trump voters think Biden won because of "fraud."

19% believe Trump's delaying of the transition is a threat to national security pic.twitter.com/iUyGH7zal4

— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) November 18, 2020

The Monmouth poll surveyed 810 adults from Thursday through Monday. The survey has a 3.5-point margin of error.