Accuracy of Official U.S. Election Results (February 2021)
category | Total |
---|---|
Very accurate | 36% |
Somewhat accurate | 16% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 13% |
Very inaccurate | 30% |
Don't know/No opinion | 6% |
Category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 73% | 21% | 8% |
Somewhat accurate | 16% | 17% | 15% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 2% | 16% | 21% |
Very inaccurate | 4% | 31% | 52% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 14% | 4% |
Category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 73% | 58% | 80% |
Somewhat accurate | 13% | 22% | 14% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Very inaccurate | 1% | 13% | 1% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 4% | 3% |
Category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 11% | 11% | 6% |
Somewhat accurate | 11% | 27% | 12% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 24% | 19% | 20% |
Very inaccurate | 52% | 38% | 59% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 5% | 3% |
Category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 70% | 39% | 11% |
Somewhat accurate | 19% | 17% | 13% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 2% | 11% | 21% |
Very inaccurate | 4% | 22% | 51% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 10% | 3% |
Category | Lean liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 63% | 77% | 69% |
Somewhat accurate | 24% | 14% | 21% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 4% | 1% | 3% |
Very inaccurate | 5% | 2% | 7% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 5% | 1% |
Category | Lean conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 25% | 5% | 11% |
Somewhat accurate | 18% | 14% | 10% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 22% | 27% | 15% |
Very inaccurate | 31% | 52% | 59% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 2% | 4% |
Category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 32% | 54% | 37% |
Somewhat accurate | 15% | 19% | 14% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 16% | 6% | 11% |
Very inaccurate | 34% | 9% | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 3% | 11% | 10% |
Category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Very accurate | 34% | 39% |
Somewhat accurate | 18% | 14% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 15% | 11% |
Very inaccurate | 30% | 29% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 7% |
Category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 43% | 37% | 22% |
Somewhat accurate | 16% | 17% | 11% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 12% | 13% | 13% |
Very inaccurate | 20% | 30% | 46% |
Don't know/No opinion | 8% | 3% | 7% |
Category | 18-29 | 30-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 29% | 39% | 40% | 35% |
Somewhat accurate | 25% | 18% | 13% | 9% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 14% | 14% | 9% | 17% |
Very inaccurate | 23% | 23% | 33% | 38% |
Don't know/No opinion | 10% | 7% | 5% | 1% |
Category | No HS | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 60% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 41% | 48% |
Somewhat accurate | 18% | 15% | 13% | 17% | 18% | 17% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 2% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 15% | 10% |
Very inaccurate | 16% | 32% | 33% | 38% | 24% | 25% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 11% | 8% | 3% | 1% | 1% |
Category | Extremely important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 31% | 32% | 47% | 48% |
Somewhat accurate | 12% | 20% | 17% | 18% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 14% | 15% | 14% | 6% |
Very inaccurate | 39% | 27% | 15% | 23% |
Don't know/No opinion | 5% | 6% | 7% | 5% |
Category | The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word. | The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God. | Don't know. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Very accurate | 24% | 33% | 60% | 21% |
Somewhat accurate | 15% | 15% | 18% | 14% |
Somewhat inaccurate | 16% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
Very inaccurate | 41% | 33% | 12% | 28% |
Don't know/No opinion | 4% | 4% | 3% | 27% |