{"id":354146,"date":"2026-08-05T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=354146"},"modified":"2026-08-06T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T14:43:38","slug":"how-confident-are-americans-in-the-midterm-elections-fairness-and-accuracy","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2026\/08\/05\/how-confident-are-americans-in-the-midterm-elections-fairness-and-accuracy\/","title":{"rendered":"How confident are Americans in the midterm elections\u2019 fairness and accuracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A person drops off a mail-in ballot during early voting outside the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder building on June 1, 2026, in Norwalk, California. (Ronaldo Bola\u00f1os\/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A narrow majority of Americans (55%) are confident that this November\u2019s midterm elections will be conducted fairly and accurately \u2013 down from 61% ahead of the 2024 elections, 64% in 2022 and 59% in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Confidence in the fairness and accuracy of elections is lower than in past years, but with no partisan gap<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted July 6-12, 2026.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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