Postal voting: amount of fraud by party U.S. 2020

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

Characteristic	A great deal	A fair amount	Only a little	None
Democrat	16%	24%	41%	18%
Republican	50%	31%	16%	2%
Independent	29%	33%	28%	9%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 14 to 28, 2020

Number of respondents

1,016 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

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?"
Responses of don't know and refuse to answer are not shown.

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