The election may be three weeks away but voters on both sides of the partisan divide are already prepared to blame voter fraud if their candidate loses.
PPP polls over the weekend found:
-In Ohio 62% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in voter fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 50% of the Democrats think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a Romney victory.
-In Florida 60% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in voter fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 55% of the Democrats think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a Romney victory.
-In North Carolina 69% of Republicans think Democrats will engage in voter fraud to make sure that Barack Obama wins. 51% of the Democrats think that the GOP will engage in voter fraud to ensure a Romney victory.
If it's a close election it's safe to say it's going to get ugly.
Full results here
That is just plain old saddening to hear. Conspiracy theories all over the place...
How about letting people vote and simply, as good Americans, accepting the results?
Posted by: Mark Rosenthal | October 16, 2012 at 02:27 PM
Luckily it won't be close. Obama is stuck around 46 or 47% when a reasonable likely voter model is used (unlike WAPO's recent INSANE +9 Dem sample or IBD's equally CRAZY +7 Dem sample).
Even if he splits undecided voters evenly with Romney (which would be a historical first), he still loses.
America already knows full well who Obama is and what he stands for. No surprises. All Romney needs to do is appear presidential and present himself as a reasonable alternative for the next 3 weeks and the White House is his.
My final prediction: Romney 53/47, and yes, I do get the irony.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell | October 16, 2012 at 06:01 PM