Fresh polling and a new report out Thursday, suggest Democrats could reject the outcome of the race if they believe Trump won unfairly.
President Donald Trump has made his opposition to vote by mail clear, alleging that it could lead to an illegitimate election result, one that could anger his supporters, as Election Day possibly stretches into election week or beyond while ballots are counted.
The poll came on the same day a Microsoft report said that China, Russia, and Iran were engaged in suspicious activity to possibly influence the election, with China focusing its its efforts on hacking into the private email accounts of Biden campaign staff.China's efforts appear to be an attempt to recreate the success of"Guccifer 2.
Mendoza said she felt this way because of the prospect of foreign interference and because Trump is"making false claims that we shouldn't trust the election results if we don't get them the night of."She, like others who spoke to Newsweek, stressed that it is incumbent on the media to prepare voters for the likelihood that the winner of the election will not be known on November 3 because of outstanding mail-in ballots.
Morales, who worked at the Democratic National Committee for years, was recalling the"Brooks Brothers Riot" of November 2000, a protest orchestrated by Republicans, congressional staffers, and lawyers two weeks after the election as Florida's fate still hung in doubt. Echoing the familiar hyper-politicized nature of 2020, Republicans to this day still call it the"Brooks Brothers Rebellion.
Democrats argued that the president is making it seem like an election that took some time to be sorted out has never happened before in America, and that is not the case.
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