{"id":14841,"date":"2024-09-26T21:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14841"},"modified":"2024-09-26T21:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:33:09","slug":"americas-looming-election-crisis-explained-in-3-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14841","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s looming election crisis, explained in 3 charts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trump supporters thrive in falsity and anti-democratic attitudes. “If Trump loses, about a quarter of Republicans said they think he should do whatever it takes to ensure he becomes president anyway, according to a September PRRI poll<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“among Republicans, Trump proved by far the most trusted source of information about election results, well above local and national news outlets. In an Associated Press\/NORC\/USAFacts poll from<\/a> earlier this month, more than 60 percent of Republicans said they believe Trump himself is the best place to get the facts about results.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Trump\u2019s long-running insistence that he won in 2020 appears to be having an effect over time, with several surveys measuring greater buy-in of his lies about the election from voters today than in the past. A December Washington Post\/University of Maryland poll<\/a> found that 36 percent of US adults did not believe Biden was legitimately elected, compared to 29 percent two years prior. And in a Pew Research poll conducted earlier this month, 27 percent of US adults<\/a> said that Trump did nothing wrong in trying to overturn the election results, up from 23 percent in April<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/politics\/372863\/2024-election-lies-trump-overturn-harris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump supporters thrive in falsity and anti-democratic attitudes. <\/p>\n

“If Trump loses, about a quarter of Republicans said they think he should do whatever it takes to ensure he becomes president anyway, according to a September PRRI poll.”<\/p>\n

“among Republicans, Trump proved by far the most trusted source of information about election results, well above local and national news outlets. In an Associated Press\/NORC\/USAFacts poll from earlier this month, more than 60 percent of Republicans said they believe Trump himself is the best place to get the facts about results.”<\/p>\n

“Trump\u2019s long-running insistence that he won in 2020 appears to be having an effect over time, with several surveys measuring greater buy-in of his lies about the election from voters today than in the past. A December Washington Post\/University of Maryland poll found that 36 percent of US adults did not believe Biden was legitimately elected, compared to 29 percent two years prior. And in a Pew Research poll conducted earlier this month, 27 percent of US adults said that Trump did nothing wrong in trying to overturn the election results, up from 23 percent in April.”<\/p>\n

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