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The NPR Politics Podcast

Most Americans Believe The Election Results—Some Don't.

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that just one quarter of Republicans believe the election was legitimate; ot was. And: could old-school pork barrel spending be the solution to Washington gridlock?

This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0

This is Anna calling for my backyard in Fort Worth, Texas, where I'm going to get my first haircut since March.

0:06.0

From my husband, who has no experience cutting hair, but has watched a few YouTube videos.

0:12.0

This podcast was recorded at...

0:14.0

I've lived that life, it turned out okay. It is a 204 Eastern on Wednesday, December 9th.

0:21.0

Things may have changed by the time you hear this. Hopefully my hair will be shorter, but not too much shorter.

0:27.0

Alright, here's the show.

0:32.0

That's only hair, right? It grows back. Yeah. Absolutely. You're good.

0:36.0

Hey there, it's the IPR Politics Podcast. I'm Scott Detro, I'm covering the Biden transition.

0:40.0

Um, Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

0:42.0

And I'm Domenico Montenoro, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

0:45.0

We've got some big news in DC today, our very first snowflakes of winter. So that was exciting.

0:51.0

Yeah, I used it as an excuse to work from home.

0:53.0

Walka, walka.

0:57.0

Domenico, in addition to terrible jokes, you have a brand new poll for us today, a new NPR PBS NewsHour Marist survey.

1:05.0

Asking a whole bunch of different questions. What are the top lines?

1:09.0

I mean, terrible is so subjective, Scott. I feel confident into that one.

1:14.0

I don't know, we'll see. Anyway, the top lines from this poll, you know, we wanted to ask people

1:21.0

during this transition period and while people are still dealing with coronavirus, how they're feeling about things.

1:27.0

And when it comes to the results of the election, the top line here is that 61% say that they trust the results,

1:34.0

including two thirds of independence. But that is only including 24% of Republicans,

1:41.0

only a quarter of Republicans say that they trust that the results of the 2020 election that Joe Biden won are accurate.

1:49.0

And they're clearly taking a cue here from President Trump, who still denies that he's lost the selection more than a month now after Biden was declared president-elect.

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