CNN Poll: Percentage of Republicans who think Biden's 2020 win was illegitimate ticks back up near 70% | CNN Politics
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The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July.

The share of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who believe that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was not legitimate has ticked back up, according to a new CNN poll fielded throughout July. All told, 69% of Republicans and Republican-leaners say Biden’s win was not legitimate, up from 63% earlier this year and through last fall, even as there is no evidence of election fraud that would have altered the outcome of the contest.

  • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You’ll note that neither of those articles has anyone saying the election was illegitimate.

    In fact, the second one goes out of the way to say thay despite her disagreement with the call (Supreme court halting recounts strictly along party lines) the comms chief still respected the outcome, which is precisely the opposite of what trump did.

    • huge_clock@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Hillary Clinton dismissed President Trump as an “illegitimate president” and suggested that “he knows” that he stole the 2016 presidential election in a CBS News interview to be aired Sunday.

      • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You’ll note that neither of those articles has anyone saying the election was illegitimate.

          • Lauchs@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            Dude, I am making the exact claim I started with:

            Ehhh, in 2016 there was a lot of talk about election interference (which was corroborated by most, if not all, intelligence agencies) but not much about the election being illegitimate. It’s a subtle but very important distinction.

            It’s the difference between saying “the refs weren’t calling it our way at all” and “the refs conspired against us!”

            There is a huge difference between casting doubt on whether the votes are being accurately counted (the election being illegitimate) and whether someone acted improperly to win those votes (trying to.collude with Russia etc).

            Do you understand the difference?