As of April 2020, 16 percent of survey respondents who were Democrats believed that allowing all voters to vote by mail would result in there being a great deal of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This contrasts sharply to the 50 percent of Republican respondents who believed that extending postal voting would result in a great deal of fraud.
Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party
Original question: "How much fraud, if any, do you think there would be if all voters were allowed to vote by mail in this year's election -- a great deal, a fair amount, only a little, or none?"
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Gallup. (May 12, 2020). Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/
Gallup. "Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party." Chart. May 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/
Gallup. (2020). Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/
Gallup. "Opinion of Adults in The United States on The Amount of Fraud That Would Occur from Extending Postal Voting to All Voters in April 2020, by Party." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/
Gallup, Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Opinion of adults in the United States on the amount of fraud that would occur from extending postal voting to all voters in April 2020, by party [Graph], Gallup, May 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127340/postal-voting-opinion-amount-fraud-party-us/
