dc.contributor.author | Pennycook, Gordon | |
dc.contributor.author | Rand, D.G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-07T12:49:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Pennycook, Gordon, D.G. Rand. "Examining false beliefs about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election." The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review 2, no. 1 (2021). DOI: 10.37016/mr-2020-51 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37367184 | * |
dc.description.abstract | The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election saw an unprecedented number of false claims alleging election fraud and arguing that Donald Trump was the actual winner of the election. Here we report a survey exploring belief in these false claims that was conducted three days after Biden was declared the winner. We find that a majority of Trump voters in our sample – particularly those who were more politically knowledgeable and more closely following election news – falsely believed that election fraud was widespread and that Trump won the election. Thus, false beliefs about the election are not merely a fringe phenomenon. We also find that Trump conceding or losing his legal challenges would likely lead a majority of Trump voters to accept Biden’s victory as legitimate, although 40% said they would continue to view Biden as illegitimate regardless. Finally, we found that levels of partisan spite and endorsement of violence were equivalent between Trump and Biden voters. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-51 | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-examining-false-beliefs-about-voter-fraud-in-the-wake-of-the-2020-presidential-election/ | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Examining false beliefs about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 Presidential Election | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
dc.description.version | Version of Record | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | The Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-07T12:49:25Z | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.37016/mr-2020-51 | * |
dash.source.volume | 2 | en_US |
dash.source.issue | 1 | en_US |