Trump or Biden: the poll showed whose victory in the elections Americans believe

The overwhelming majority of Democrats and about 60% of Republicans agree with Biden's victory. "Voice of America".

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According to a poll conducted by Reuters / Ipsos, about 80% of Americans, including more than half of GOP supporters, consider President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the November 3 election.

Last Saturday, November 7, all major TV channels, The Associated Press and Edison Research named Biden the alleged winner of the presidential race. According to Edison Research, Biden received 279 electoral votes in the vote count, while incumbent President Donald Trump has only 214 votes so far. To win the presidential elections, you need to gain 270 votes in the Electoral College.

At the same time, the counting of votes is still ongoing in three states. According to preliminary data, Joe Biden on November 3 was supported by 76,3 million voters, or 50,7% of the total number of voters, and Donald Trump - 71,6 million voters (47,6% of the total number of voters).

A nationwide poll conducted by Reuters / Ipsos from Saturday noon, November 7 to Tuesday, November 10, showed 79% of Americans believe Biden is the winner of the presidential race; 13% of respondents - that the name of the winner is not yet known, 3% - are convinced of Trump's victory, and 5% of respondents do not know who won the election.

Opinions of respondents were somewhat divided, taking into account party preferences: almost all Democrats agree that Biden became the winner, among the Republicans there are about 60% of respondents.

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Edison Research, which conducted exit polls for Reuters and major US media outlets, announced Biden's victory on Saturday, November 7th. This came after the Democratic candidate increased his lead over Trump in Pennsylvania and appears to have secured 270 electoral votes.

Trump has yet to admit defeat. The President announced his victory prematurely well before the end of the vote count, and repeatedly announced that he was the victim of large-scale fraud. At the moment, Trump has not provided convincing evidence for his words.

Members of the Trump administration supported the president's statements. Attorney General William Barr authorized a federal investigation "Material" allegations of voting irregularities, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Tuesday "Soft transition to the second term of the Trump administration".

The Reuters / Ipsos poll was part of a broader study that ran from Friday, November 6 to Tuesday, November 10, and includes the results of polls conducted before the mainstream media announced Biden as president-elect.

The poll revealed that 70% of Americans, including 83% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans, trust local electoral bodies and believe that they are "doing their job honestly."

72% of respondents are convinced that a losing candidate must admit defeat, and 60% believe that in January, when Trump's presidential term comes to an end, there will be a peaceful transfer of power.

1363 Americans took part in the Reuters / Ipsos poll, which was conducted throughout the United States. From Saturday noon, November 7 to Tuesday, November 10, 469 people were interviewed. The confidence interval of the survey is about 5 percentage points.

On Tuesday, November 10, the results of a similar poll, commissioned by Morning Consult and commissioned by Politico, were also released, according to which 70% of Republican supporters disagree with the statement that Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump in a "free and fair" election.

Politico cites data from a previous poll conducted prior to presidential election day. Just over a week ago, only 35% of people who were going to vote for the Republican candidate believed that the results of the upcoming elections would not be fair.

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Republicans are suspicious of the Pennsylvania vote, with 62% of GOP supporters and only 8% of Democrats said. Republicans do not trust the outcome of the race in Wisconsin (55%), Nevada (54%), Georgia (54%) and Arizona (52%).

However, most Republicans are skeptical about the prospect of lawsuits that Trump's headquarters are filing to challenge the election results. Only 38% of the party's supporters believe in the likelihood of the cancellation of the election results and Trump's re-election for a second term, 45% believe that the victory of the incumbent president is unlikely.

At the same time, 58% of survey participants negatively assessed Trump's activities as president. The work of the incumbent president was positively assessed by 40% of the respondents.

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