Approximately one-third of American adults say President Joe Biden was illegitimately elected to his office in 2020, a new poll has found. The poll found that, as of mid-December, 62% of U.S. adults say they believe Biden was elected legitimately, a 7-point drop from the 69% who said this when a similar survey was taken in December 2021. A full 91% of Democrats say Biden was legitimately elected, down slightly from the 94% who said this two years earlier. The share of independents who say the Democrat incumbent was legitimately elected also fell from 2021, with 66% saying he was now, versus 72% who said so then. Then-Attorney General Bill Barr rejected Trump’s oft-repeated claims of widespread election fraud in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2024 16:44 UTC