A new Rasmussen Reports poll has found that 57% of Democrat voters would oppose Congress certifying the 2024 election results if former President Donald Trump wins. The poll asked likely voters about their stance on Democrats refusing to certify the election results due to Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots.
The poll also found that nearly two-thirds of self-identified liberals would oppose certification. However, Democrats do not form the majority of voters’ opinions on this issue. Overall, only 35% of all voters would support opposing certification of a Trump victory, while 55% would oppose lawmakers refusing to certify a Trump win.
The poll comes as Trump faces criminal charges related to the January 6 events, with a grand jury indicting him on four counts in August 2023. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 55 years in prison, although the death penalty is not an option due to the lack of “special findings” in the indictment.
The results suggest a deep divide among voters on the issue of certifying a Trump victory, with implications for the legitimacy of the 2024 election – and some Democrats preparing to do exactly what they complained Trump did.
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Having free and democratic elections for president is an “oral tradition”, but isn’t in the Constitution. Originally the state legislatures were the only ones who voted. However, use of “certification” would require a majority in both houses, and runs the risk that the losers would reject the results, and that for all purposes the federal government would cease to function, the currency would collapse, etc., but it is highly unlikely you would get a majority of both houses of Congress to vote to in effect abolish the United States. After over two centuries of democratic elections, it is a very firm “oral tradition”, which as America is a common law jurisdiction (meaning custom over time becomes law, absent legislation to the contrary) would be almost impossible to overturn.
Rasmussen is overtly partisan for Republicans and fails to meet even the basic standards when polling.