[EL] ELB News and Commentary 5/6/19

[Charles H Stewart]

I've worked on this question in a couple of published and unpublished papers, and I believe I've found every instance of the question (and its variants) being asked.  The year 2000 seems to be the first.  I just checked the Roper Center, and the first instance of such a question seems to have been asked by CBS/NYT in a survey in the field November 10-12, 2000.

Political scientists asked general questions about trust in government before then, but that's not the same thing.

Charles

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Does anyone know of data on public confidence in U.S. election results that predates 2000? Gallup has been asking voters since 2004, and there is some data for 2000, but I'm not familiar with any earlier polling on it. Any info would be appreciated.

Here is Gallup' question since 2004:

"How confident are you that, across the country, the votes will be accurately cast and counted in this year's election?"


Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

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Columbus, OH 43215

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