Mark Mitchell presents a historical view of polling on election integrity issues on youtube. It is a great video.
Here is a summary of the findings:
As the pandemic was emerging in January of 2020, Rasmussen asked likely voters “Are American elections fair to voters,” and 50% said yes. They also asked, “Does the federal government today have the consent of the governed?” Only 26% said yes.
As COVID hit hard (April 14-15) people favored mail in ballots but 58% of people were concerned with the increased risk of fraud.
In October of 2020, their poll indicated that 59% of people did not think that photo IDs discriminated against voters.
Rasmussen was surprised by the large margin Biden won by.
In December of 2020 only 36% thought the court challenges would result in Trump’s reelection; at that point most people didn’t believe in the fraud (43%). There were vast differences in R versus D results. Post January 21, 57% thought Biden won the election fairly but 34% said no. Post-election, 42% thought the mail in ballots led to unprecedented fraud. (Feb 2021)
60% of likely voters said that it is more important to make sure there is no cheating in elections as opposed to making it easier for people to vote (37%); this was more skewed to Republicans; independents were closer on this issue to Republicans
In April 21 51% of likely voters believed there was cheating in the 2020 election. This number has risen as the latest poll shows 62% believe there was cheating. Clearly public sentiment is changing based on the results of the midterms particularly AZ. People didn’t lose interest in this topic over time!
55% of likely voters support audits of election results in June 2021. This was horrifying to the pollster—why not 100%. Would you fly on an airline that didn’t have quality audits?
61% of likely voters believe that election reform must happen in swing states (June 21)
90% felt it was important to prevent cheating in elections (August 21) This was high across the board for all party affiliations. This also was high in Dec of 21. By Dec of 2021, 59% of likely voters believed that cheating affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election 41% of Democrats believed this as well. Their concerns about fraud had increased. The latest poll stated 62% believed there was cheating.
74% believed in requiring a photo ID so this result had a large swing from Oct of 2020. Concern about cheating was a growing concern and photo IDs were increasing in favor.
People were vehemently against “zuck bucks,” even the Democrats. 70% think that his influence was a bad thing—62% of Dems agreed with that.