Poll: About six in 10 confident in U.S. vote count

Perhaps related to their party nominee’s view, only half of Republicans say they are “very confident” or “somewhat confident” that votes will be accurately cast and counted in this year’s election. This is the lowest Gallup has recorded for the GOP in five measures, and much lower than current confidence among independents (59%) and Democrats (77%).

Americans have expressed more confidence when a president of their same party occupies the White House, helping to explain why Republicans were much more confident in the vote count during George W. Bush’s presidency and why Democrats are much more confident under President Barack Obama. However, both parties expressed equally slim confidence in the accuracy of vote counting in 2008, at 57%.