CNBC/Change Poll: Only 3 Percent Of Trump Voters Consider Election Legitimate
Only 3% of those who voted for Donald Trump consider tallies showing Joe Biden winning the election are legitimate.
In stark contrast, a whopping 73% view the incumbent Republican as the rightful winner, a CNBC/Change Research poll released Tuesday said.
The results were relatively consistent among demographic groups sorted by age, education, and primary television news source. However, all 3% of those who believe Biden was the legitimate winner listed Fox News Channel as their primary source.
(Since the election and dispute over the outcome, many in the Fox News audience have shifted to Newsmax, which has seen a sharp rise in ratings and demand for its online app among people critical of what they call Fox's increasingly muddled message on the current administration.)
The poll parallels a survey released by the communications and messaging firm Seven Letter, which said on Monday that 79% of Trump voters believe the election was, in fact, stolen.
In the CNBC/Change poll, 73% of Trump voters believe the 74-year-old native New Yorker to be the legitimate winner of the presidential election, 66% percent among Fox viewers and 84% among Newsmax viewers.
“Trump voters who say Newsmax is one of their primary political news sources are particularly likely to call Trump the real winner,” the text of the poll said.