A study published on Thursday of support for the “Stop the Steal” movement found nearly half of Republican voters believe their state legislatures should simply be able to overturn the results of elections.
The report, published by the Voter Study Group research collaborative, finds 46 percent of Republican voters believing “that it was appropriate for ‘Republican legislators in states won by Joe Biden to try to assign their state’s electoral votes to Donald Trump.'”
However, just 23 percent of Americans overall believe lawmakers should have the power to overturn an election, a dichotomy the report’s author, Lee Drutman, says could pose a challenge for Republicans in future elections. Continue reading.