Violence in politics
BY DAVID RAND AND GORDON PENNYCOOK
01/28/21 06:00 PM EST
... we investigated the extent to which voters believe ..false claims about election fraud - and whether they support political violence ... on Nov. 10 ... We surveyed 617 Trump voters and 1,036 Biden voters ... in proportion to the national distribution on age, gender, ethnicity, and region ...
... More than 77 percent of Trump voters believe that fraud is common in U.S. elections .. and more than 65 percent believe that Trump won ... Only 22 percent of Trump voters believed Biden’s win to be legitimate ...
... another 21 percent said they would view Biden as the legitimate president if Trump lost his court challenges and/or conceded the election. Another 6 percent would be convinced by Trump losing his legal challenges but not by him conceding, and another 11 percent would be convinced by Trump conceding but not by him losing his legal challenges. But 40 percent of Trump voters said they would continue to view Biden as illegitimate ...
... Trump voters with more knowledge of basic facts about American politics and more engagement with election news were more likely to hold false beliefs. However .. knowledge and engagement with election news is .. different from cognitive reflection ...
... the majority of voters support a peaceful transition of power and do not support violence ...
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/536342-the-truth-about-donald-trump-voters-and-violence-in-politics
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