Heartland Institute Poll Shows Nearly Three in 10 Voters Would Vote Illegally in 2024 Presidential Election
By Jack McPherrin, Christopher Talgo, Justin Haskins, Donald Kendal
Published April 16, 2024
According to the poll, conducted by Rasmussen, approximately 44 million Americans would vote illegally in 2024 election “to prevent other side from winning”
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (April 16, 2024) – In late 2023, The Heartland Institute released a poll showing that in the 2020 general election, more than one-in-five mail-in voters admitted to voting illegally. Unfortunately, widespread illegal voting in presidential elections seems to be the new normal in the United States.
Based on our latest poll, 28% of all voters say they would engage in at least one kind of illegal voting practice in order to help their preferred candidate win the 2024 election. Examples of illegal voting scenarios that voters say they would engage in include voting in multiple states; destroying mail-in ballots of friends or family members; paying or offering rewards to fellow voters; deliberately providing incorrect information about the place, time, or date associated with casting a ballot; and/or altering candidate selections on mail-in ballots. [NOTE: At the time of this poll, Joe Biden had not yet been replaced by Kamala Harris on the presidential ballot.]
Although self-identified Democrat voters are slightly more likely to engage in illegal voting to ensure that Biden would win, the number of self-identified Republican voters who would also engage in illegal voting to guarantee a Trump victory is also quite concerning. Interestingly, independent voters are much less likely to vote illegally than either Democrats or Republicans.
https://heartland.org/opinion/heartland-institute-poll-shows-nearly-three-in-10-voters-would-vote-illegally-in-2024-presidential-election/
