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53% of Republicans believe Donald Trump is the ‘true president’ says new poll
“I always knew America was smart!” said Trump in response to the poll
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 18, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by James Devaney/GC Images) (2021 James Devaney)
Most Republicans believe that Donald Trump should currently be serving a second term, according to a newly released Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.
The poll, conducted between May 17 and 19, found that 53% of Republicans believe Trump is the actual president, not Joe Biden.
Overall, the poll found that belief is held by 25% of all Americans and just 3% of Democrats
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The poll, which was conducted from May 17 to 19, underscores the influence that Trump still has over much of the GOP’s electorate. Despite losing reelection in November, he has continued to insist that the election had been rigged against him a claim that has prompted Republican legislators across the country to rewrite election laws and review the results of the presidential race.
Trump touted the Reuters-Ipsos poll on Tuesday, pointing to it as a sign of his continued support among his conservative base and suggesting that he, too, believes that he is still the rightful president.
“A new Ipsos/Reuters poll ‘Beliefs Among Republicans’ shows 53% believe Donald Trump is the true President (I always knew America was smart!),” Trump said in a statement through his political action committee. “2020 Election was tainted 56%. The Election was stolen (and Rigged!) 61%.”
(Octavio Jones/Reuters)
A slight majority of Republicans believe that Donald Trump is the rightful president and that the 2020 election was rigged, according to a recent Reuters-Ipsos poll.
The survey results show that 53 percent of Republicans think Trump is the “true president,” though President Biden was inaugurated in January after winning the popular vote by roughly 7 million votes. Additionally, 61 percent of Republican respondents believed either strongly or somewhat that the 2020 election was “stolen” from the 45th president.
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While a 55 percent majority of respondents from all political affiliations said the election was “legitimate and accurate,” one-quarter said they believe Biden’s win was the result of illegal ballot-counting or election rigging.