Does Direct Experience in Election Administration Change Perceptions of Election Fraud?

View at Publisher

Ask AI

Bookmark

Share

Key Points

This research investigates how direct experience in election administration influences perceptions of election fraud.
Analyzed survey data from 16,960 participants involved in the 2025 presidential election management or observation.
Employed comparative analysis to assess changes in perceptions pre- and post-experience.
Utilized a list experiment to examine hidden biases in political support regarding fraud beliefs.
Post-experience, perceptions of election fraud decreased notably, even among supporters of the losing party by approximately 9 percentage points.
Partisan differences remained post-experience but were smaller compared to differences in general public surveys.
Among those who believed in election fraud pre-survey, a significantly higher proportion of supporters of the losing party maintained their beliefs compared to supporters of the winning party.

Randomized analysis examines perceptions of election fraud in voters with administrative experience, suggesting experience reduces bias.

No abstract yet. The journal hasn't published one we can show.

No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.

Rhee et al. (2026) studied this question.

View at Publisher

Ask AI

Bookmark

Share