Americans largely reject Trump's victory declaration: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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Chris Kahn
,Reuters•November 5, 2020

 

A bipartisan majority of Americans do not accept President Donald Trump's premature victory declaration in the U.S. presidential election and most are willing to wait for all votes to be counted before deciding who won, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released Thursday.

The Nov. 4-5 survey also showed that the public has largely brushed aside Trump's assessment of the election result as rigged to deny him a second term.


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According to the poll, few Americans agree with the president's view on the race: 16% of U.S. adults, including 7% of Democrats and 30% of Republicans, accept Trump’s victory declaration.

Another 84%, including 93% of Democrats and 70% of Republicans, said that “candidates should not be declaring victory until all of the votes are counted.”

Two-thirds of Americans say they trust their local election officials to do their job honestly, and 83% agreed that "our democracy can withstand waiting until all of the votes are counted to know who won the election."

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