"Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. U.S."
October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst "
Posted on 10/21/2016 2:04:53 PM PDT by onyx
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump has repeatedly called this year’s presidential election rigged and has coyly said “I will keep you in suspense” on whether he would accept a Hillary Clinton victory, but many Republicans are less circumspect, according to a new poll.
Only half of Republicans would accept Clinton, the Democratic nominee, as their president. And if she wins, nearly 70 percent said it would be because of illegal voting or vote rigging, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.
Conversely, seven out of 10 Democrats said they would accept a Trump victory and less than 50 percent would attribute it to illegal voting or vote rigging, the poll showed.
The findings come after repeated statements by Trump that the media and the political establishment have rigged the election against him. He also has made a number of statements encouraging his supporters to fan out on Election Day to stop illegible voters from casting ballots.
The U.S. government has accused Russia of a campaign of cyber attacks against Democratic Party organizations and state election systems.
Clinton has said she will accept the results of the election no matter the outcome.
The poll showed there is broad concern across the political spectrum about voting issues such as ineligible voters casting ballots, voter suppression, and the actual vote count, but Republicans feel that concern more acutely.
For example, nearly eight out of 10 Republicans are concerned about the accuracy of the final vote count. And though generally they believe they will be able to cast their ballot, only six out of 10 are confident their vote will be counted accurately.
Among Democrats, about six out of 10 are concerned about the vote count. They, too, believe they wi1l be able to cast their ballot, but eight out of 10 are confident their vote will be counted accurately.
“Republicans are just more worried about everything than Democrats,” said Lonna Atkeson, a professor at the University of New Mexico and head of the Center for the Study of Voting, Elections, and Democracy.
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Additionally, seven out of 10 Republicans are concerned about issues such as vote buying, faulty voting machines, or confusing ballot designs. Six out of 10 Democrats feel the same way.
Nearly eight out of 10 Republicans are concerned that ineligible voters, including non-citizens, will illegally cast ballots. Four out of 10 Democrats feel the same way.
Six out of 10 respondents, regardless of party, say they are concerned about issues such as voter intimidation and suppression.
Atkeson said the level of concern and mistrust in the system, especially among Republicans, is unprecedented.
“I’ve never seen an election like this. Not in my lifetime. Certainly not in modern history.” The difference, she said, is Trump. “It has to be the candidate effect.”
She worries that the lack of trust is dangerous. It is one thing to not trust government, but quite another to doubt the election process. “Then the entire premise of democracy comes into question,” she said.
About one in five Democrats said they would protest if their candidate loses. Slightly fewer Republicans said they would do the same. Fewer than one in 10 Democrats said they are prepared to take up arms in opposition compared to fewer than one in 20 Republicans.
Democrats are also are three times as likely to say they would leave the country.
There is one area where there is little disagreement: Most people do not expect the losing candidate to concede the race gracefully.
The poll surveyed 1,192 American adults online from Oct. 17 to 21. The results have a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. The credibility interval for Democrats is 5.1 percentage points; for Republicans it is 5.5 points.
(Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Leslie Adler)
Many people have been saying that rhetoric for many years, but I honestly have a feeling something like that might happen this year if fraud planning is approved and Hillary wins anyhow.
With blatant theft, he should declare himself President of all states and counties that did vote for him. Let Empress Butcheress be the dictator for the Communist Red areas.
I'll withdraw my consent.
I just sent my CA ballot in. It was fun to vote for Trump. It was sickening to vote for Romney and Ryan. Ugh!
Yeah, i’ll bet it’s more than half of Americans, frankly.
They can see what a corrupt, lying beast Hillary is.
And how the MSM Fourth Estate lies for her and Bammy.
The ONLY way Hitlery wins is through mass voter / election fraud. That’s it. She ain’t got a chance in hell otherwise.
Well I’m ready to fight in NY. I’m SURE the 42 or so percent that vote for Trump are a LOT tougher than the 58 that vote for hillary!
I’d rather stay here and go down swinging.
Tremble, tyrants and you traitors
The shame of all parties,
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will finally receive their reward!
Everyone is a soldier to combat you
If they fall, our young heroes,
The earth will produce new ones,
Ready to fight against you!
les marseillais - French National Anthem
I guess the McMuffin voters would be among those who accept fraudulent returns.
I agree with you and it will happen if she loses to. This is domestic enemies day of reckoning.
I reject it IF the bitch wins....we have seen open fraud....we know Soros the Nazi is involved....
Let’s pray that figure is upside down, with Donald getting the 58% and Hillary getting... far less. Trivia fact, the last Republican to get 58% in NY was Nixon in 1972 (he got just under 59%). Reagan got just under 54% in 1984, the last times a Republican Presidential candidate got over 50%.
So this is the latest pearl-clutching, fainting-couch meme of the MSM traitors? This is manufactured outrage, literally.
I wonder what’s changed since then?
A representative was reporting yesterday that some entities still use paper ballots and bypass internet. This means that in a recount, or for any other reason, they are able to perfectly reconstruct the vote.
Haven’t a clue who it was, whether it was a state, county or township.
I yearn for paper ballots return to common use.
Special scrutiny must be paid to the 16 states where one of his companies has the voting machines, several of which are key to the victory of either side (notably Pennsylvania).
Demographics, for one (and a lot of Conservatives have voted with their feet and left the state in the past 4 decades), but also I don’t trust who counts the votes. Democrats lie and cheat, period. Too much power is at stake to entrust it to voters that might take it away from them.
They hope we dissolve. We have been already “fundamentally transformed” if we fail.
TRUMP will have great coat tails for those willing to pick up his mantle into the future.
No more UniParty candidates.
PS: I have been hearing Hillary sounding *exactly* like Ted Cruz on illegals, and on the border, and on enforcing not the laws on the books, but delegating to ICE (where they can be manipulated at will).
Parrots.
They would be able to get away with murder here except in my borough and upstate. I’m sure manhattan, bkln and bronx fraud is through the roof.
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