Despite no evidence of widespread fraud or irregularities impacting the 2020 election, nearly three-quarters of Republicans claim they still have doubts about the legitimacy of President Joe Biden’s win over former President Donald Trump, according to a poll released this week by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
The survey of 1,036 Americans showed 71% of Republicans say they don’t buy Biden’s victory, with the majority basing their opinions on bogus claims — including that votes from fraudulent ballots, non-citizens or dead people helped Biden win several states. Only 21% of Republicans said Biden is the rightful president, compared to 91% of Democrats. Bipartisan local, state and federal officials including town clerks, judges and secretaries of state — along with Trump’s own Attorney General and Department of Homeland Security leaders — say that no fraud or irregularities impacted the 2020 race.
While the poll showed nearly six in 10 Americans overall believe Biden is the legitimate president — he won by more than 7 million votes, with an Electoral College vote count of 306 to 232 — political scientists and election experts at UMass Amherst and across the country have pressed Trump and Republican lawmakers to cease suggesting the White House was stolen.
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