Despite the FBI seizing troves of ballots and President Donald Trump’s pledge to “nationalize” elections, Democratic voters are entering the midterms slightly more confident in the process than they were just six months ago, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“According to an exclusive poll by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution of likely primary voters, [only] one in four Democratic voters are not confident the primary elections will be conducted fairly,” the AJC reports. “That’s an improvement over the AJC’s polling in the fall when a third of Democratic voters lacked confidence in the system.”
Tim Langan, 57, of Atlanta, who claims he’s voting in the Republican primary this year, called Trump’s focus on Fulton’s 2020 election “ridiculous,” and he said he is confident in this year’s midterms and the state’s touchscreen voting machines.
“There’s going to be minor anomalies in a system where you’ve got millions of people voting, but I don’t think we have widespread problems with voting machines or the way they’re being counted,” said Langan.
Daniel Catanese, a 24-year-old voter from Cobb County said his main concern “would be ICE intimidation,” adding “I don’t think outright fraud is likely.”
The AJC reports the new polling seems “to reflect Democrats’ hopes for the midterms following surprise gains in special elections last year for [Georgi’s] Public Service Commission, which revamped the board with Democrats.
Now more than two-thirds —70 percent — of likely Democratic primary voters said they are very or somewhat confident that the primary election will be conducted fairly and accurately. Even more likely Republican primary voters — 77 percent — said they were “very or somewhat confident” in the election heading into Tuesday’s election, despite Trump’s carping.