Half of GOP voters would reject Clinton win, poll finds
Amid Trump comments on 'rigged' elections, 80% say they're worried about voting irregularities, according to Reuters/Ipsos survey
Half of Republican voters would reject a White House win by Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Friday, and some 70 percent would attribute her potential victory come November 8 to illegal voting or vote rigging.
The findings came after repeated statements by Republican nominee Donald Trump that the elections are rigged in favor of Clinton and that massive voter fraud may be underway.
Trump has also suggested that he would not concede a potential defeat and would contest the result, horrifying Americans across the board.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that, by contrast, seven out of 10 Democratic voters said they would accept a Trump victory while less than 50 percent would attribute it to electoral fraud.
According to the survey, however, concern about voting irregularities like ineligible voters casting ballots and voter suppression, and the actual vote count, was more widespread.
Of Republican voters, 80% said they were worried about voting issues, with 60% saying their vote would might not be counted accurately.
Just 60% of Democratic voters said they were concerned, with 20% worried their ballot might be miscounted, according to the poll.
One in five Democrats said they would protest if Clinton loses, while slightly fewer Republicans said they would do the same according to the poll, which surveyed 1,192 American adults online from Oct. 17 to 21,
The survey had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.