According to a UMass Amherst poll, 71-percent of Republicans think President Biden's victory was illegitimate. As the one-year anniversary approaches, they continue to blame Democrats, Antifa and Capitol Police for the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January sixth. However, overall, about six in ten Americans believe Biden's victory was legitimate.
“Public officials need to shore up faith in how we vote,” says Raymond La Raja, professor of political science at UMass Amherst and associate director of the poll. “The top reason voters don’t think Biden’s victory was legitimate has to do with belief in fraud - 83% of the poll’s respondents cited fraudulent ballots being counted by election officials to help Biden win in several states. Roughly the same percentage - 81% - claim that absentee ballots from dead people also helped him. Meanwhile, 76% blamed non-citizens and other ineligible voters who cast ballots. These are extremely worrisome perceptions, and improved faith in the electoral process won’t happen until Republicans stop saying the election was stolen.”
The nationwide poll of one-thousand people was conducted earlier this month and has a margin of error of three-point-one-percent.
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