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

Bret Gibson
| Wednesday, November 18, 2020 10:45 p.m.
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters Wednesday as he leaves The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del.

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.


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