Nearly half of American voters from both major parties have lost confidence in the validity of the upcoming election as they prepare to cast ballots in just 27 days, a new poll shows. The YouGov survey of 1,999 registered voters from around the country, conducted online between October 1 and 2, found that 47 percent of respondents disagreed with the idea that the election 'is likely to be fair and honest'. Nearly half of American voters from both major parties have lost confidence in the validity of the upcoming election as they prepare to cast ballots in just 27 days, according to a new YouGov poll of nearly 2,000 registered voters. In to the YouGov poll, Republicans (59.47%) were more likely to say they expected to see violence in the wake of the election than Democrats (53.42%). 'A close, contested election in our hyper-polarized political climate could very well produce isolated incidents of partisan violence,' Theodoridis told USA Today.

Source: Daily Mail October 07, 2020 18:38 UTC