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December 4, 2020

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters believe it is more important for the Biden Administration to focus on restoring trust and confidence in our system of politics, elections, and government rather than advancing specific policy goals. A PoliticalIQ survey found that 26% take the opposite view.[1]

This is perhaps unsurprising given the high levels of distrust that have continued for decades. It has been nearly half a century since most Americans trusted the federal government to do the right thing most of the time.[2]

A majority of every measured demographic group places a higher priority on restoring trust than on advancing policy goals.[1]

One step toward restoring trust might be a focus on election laws. A recent PoliticalIQ survey of Pennsylvania voters found strong bipartisan support for eight different reforms.[3] National polling has shown similarly broad support for reforms that could increase trust in election results.
 

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