Americans expressed skepticism Tuesday that ineligible voters are being blocked from casting ballots, according to early exit poll returns.
Just 37% said they were “very confident” that those who aren’t eligible won’t be able to cast ballots.
Another 27% were somewhat confident, 22% weren’t too confident, and 14% weren’t confident at all.
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The poll question didn’t define ineligible voters, though President Trump has focused heavily on noncitizens who have managed to register and, in some cases, actually cast ballots.
On the other side of the coin, 42% were very confident and 40% were somewhat confident that eligible voters would be able to vote properly.
Republicans were more likely to be confident that valid voters would be counted, while Democrats were more confident invalid voters were being stopped.
Overall, just 59% of voters were very or somewhat confident the election was being run fairly.
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