Democrats election integrity pitch not selling with voters

 Thomas Lifson:

Nothing is more sacred to American progressives as an Absolute Truth than the contention that the 2020 presidential election was totally fair.  Any dissent is labeled as "the Big Lie," and saying it was corrupt makes you "despicable" in the eyes of the Senate majority leader.  "Fact-checkers" in the agitprop media insist that there is no evidence of significant fraud, and the social media monopolists enforce discipline against those who dare question the Holy Writ.  (And don't you dare mention Stacey Abrams or Hillary Clinton questioning their election defeats.  That's different, and don't ask why.)

Belief that the election results were fraudulently obtained can even get you in trouble with the law:

Nearly every charging document filed by Joe Biden's Justice Department in the Capitol breach probe mentions the defendant's belief about the 2020 presidential election as evidence of wrongdoing. 

Actually auditing the ballots cast will get you investigated by Merrick Garland's Department of Justice and, maybe, sued or prosecuted.

With all that political, legal, and institutional might pushing the narrative of nothing to see here, move along, the results released yesterday by Rasmussen must come as a shock to progressives:

A new national telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports finds that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters support forensic audits of election results to ensure there was no vote fraud. Twenty-nine percent (29%) oppose such audits and 17% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Of those who have an opinion (84% of the sample), almost two-thirds (65.5%) support forensic audits.

Those people questioning the integrity of the election may have an open mind, but:

The new survey also found that 41% of voters still don't believe that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election fairly.

When over 40% of the public questions the results of a national election, it is vital to establish the truth of the matter via careful investigation.  If such a substantial portion of the public believes that the president illegitimately occupies the Oval Office, repression won't work well.  It risks political disintegration through passive resistance and maybe worse.

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 Anyone who has ever worked for a public company is familiar with the audit process.  If you are honest and above board, you have nothing to fear from the process and you can also learn things that can make you more productive.  To those of us familiar with the process, there should be no reason to fear it.  That Democrats do, is something of a tell.  Garland appears to be engaged in an abuse of power in challenging the audit process,

BTW:

Report: Emails Show Biden Campaign Demanding Facebook Censor Posts on Election Integrity