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Democratic and Republican voters share a mistrust in the electoral process
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The 2020 election was — in the words of former President Trump's own department of homeland security — "the most secure in American history."
But ahead of that vote, nearly 60% of all Americans said they lacked confidence in the honesty of U.S. elections, according to a Gallup poll from earlier that year.
One year later, two-thirds of all Americans believe U.S. democracy is threatened, according to a CBS News poll. That crisis of trust is bigger than just one party — both Republican and Democratic voters have expressed doubt in the system.
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