Yes. We know.
Posted on 07/01/2020 10:07:50 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
We’ve had close elections before, but political experts are bracing for events that might be unprecedented come November.
Surprisingly large portions of both Republicans and Democrats seem poised to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election if their side loses. Some even favor authoritarian rule over elections as the best way to run the country. And a new worry for 2020 is the risk that more mail-in voting could delay official results well past Election Day, leaving voters wondering whether it will be Donald Trump’s agenda or Joe Biden’s, once January arrives.
New research by the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group finds that 38% of Democrats favor a do-over election if their candidate, Joe Biden, wins the popular vote this year but loses the electoral vote, as Hillary Clinton did in 2016. Among Republicans, 11% favor a do-over if Biden wins the electoral vote but President Trump wins the popular vote. In the U.S. system, electoral votes are awarded for each state a candidate wins, rather than for the national tally, and there’s no provision for a repeat election if there’s a split decision. The electoral vote carries the day.
If Trump wins and there’s credible evidence of interference by a foreign government—as there was in 2016, we now know—57% of Democrats say they’d back a do-over election. And if Trump lost but claimed there was voter fraud, 29% of Republicans say it would be appropriate if he refused to leave office.
“There are multiple contexts in which people might plausibly be mobilized to reject the legitimacy of the election,” political scientist Larry Diamond of Stanford University, who co-authored the Democracy Fund analysis, says in the latest episode of the Yahoo Finance Electionomics podcast.
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Larry Diamond of Stanford University, who co-authored the Democracy Fund analysis, says in the latest episode of the Yahoo Finance Electionomics podcast. “These figures indicate a strong potential for the losing candidate to possibly raise concerns that would provoke a crisis over the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.”
The Democracy Fund research is based on a detailed survey of 5,900 voters done last November and December. Unlike many political polls, which involve phone calls to a random group of Americans, the Democracy Fund research tracks several thousand voters over time to capture changes in the views of a large, consistent group of Americans.
TOO BAD.
Larry - refer to the Constitution.
Ground prep for day-after riots if Trump wins.
No matter who wins, it won’t be ‘Biden’s Agenda’, it’ll be AOC’s agenda..................
They haven’t accepted 2016, so what would be different?
With mail in ballots, we won’t have a result for years, perhaps even 4 years.
RE: They haven’t accepted 2016, so what would be different?
See Seattle, Minneapolis and other Dem controlled cities for but a small preview.
Yes. We know.
RE: Larry - refer to the Constitution.
As if Democrats cared about it...
Of course they will. They did it in 2016. It’s their MO.
Trump plays football to put runs on the scoreboard, not get the most men on base.
If you want to win a game, use a strategy that gets you the most of what the rules say it takes to win the game. Going for votes in a state where you can not possibly win the electoral votes (like California) is a dumb strategy, even if it gets you a few more popular votes.
Hillary should have known this.
This has been going on ever since Trump’s election win. Dems are sinking in their madness. Coming out in the open to implode.
I've been hoping Trump wins again, but loses the PV by even more than last time, isolated in heavily blue big city hellholes like NY, Chi, and LA
My prediction is that no matter who wins it will be trying times, violence wise. This is why I highly recommend stocking up on ammo.
I reject any other outcome.
The Democrats are already engaging in massive election tampering with their Media and social media.
They will also commit vote fraud.
No matter who wins the other candidate’s supporters won’t accept the results. The Democrats will claim voter suppression and the Republicans will claim voter fraud.
Whenever this subject comes up I say that the ‘Popular Vote’ IS in effect in YOUR STATE.
We are not ‘America’ we are the UNITED States, which elects the President using the results of the Popular Vote tallies from each state (Electors’ votes) and the Electoral College results from the States.
yeah, sure--(sarc)
Here we go...the MSM will start beating THIS drum then blame it on Trump supporters.
Do they ever grow up?
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