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It's 19% that don't want him to accept the results if he loses without any other info.
If trump claims it was stolen, then that number will skyrocket.
And if he loses, he'll say it was stolen.
I'm not sure of how they worded the question, but I think you are exactly correct. There are a lot of Trump voters who don't believe he lost in 2020. So, if he really lost, they'd accept that, but virtually nothing would be accepted as a real loss short of Trump flat-out saying, "I lost, but it was the most beautiful loss in history."
Yeah, I mean just look at 2020, around 2/3s of Republicans believe it was stolen.
It wasn't, there's zero evidence it was.
But still, 2/3s agree with it.
Anyone that expects the 19% number to still be true in three weeks is woefully naive. This is the floor, but lots won't say it till the election is over, but are going to say it regardless
He did eventually admit he lost the 2020 election.
Kinda. He later said he was being sarcastic.
He did. But he also still claims he won and that it was stolen to this day. It's one of his biggest talking points.
Doublethink
I agree - but I honestly thought there was more than 19% who just didn't give a shit about Democracy at this point.
There are 19% who give so little of a shit about democracy that they won't even try to hide it, there's definitely more who feel this way but won't admit it
Actually have some good news here. If you look at the survey itself, it explains that this was part of the question,
In other words, that 19% is assuming that he'll declare it stolen.
Source: https://www.prri.org/research/challenges-to-democracy-the-2024-election-in-focus-findings-from-the-2024-american-values-survey/#page-section-8