Fifty-one percent (51%) of self-identified conservative voters consider hand-marked paper ballots are more trustworthy, compared to 32% of moderates and 23% of liberal voters.
Lower-income voters are more likely than those with annual incomes above $100,000 a year to view paper ballots as more trustworthy.
A recent poll shows that Americans are essentially split on the integrity of paper ballots vs touchscreen voting. Rassmussen’s survey of 1,103 likely voters 38% think hand-marked paper ballots are more trustworthy than touchscreen voting, 41% believe hand-marked ballots and touchscreen voting are about equally trustworthy, and 16% say paper ballots are less trustworthy.
Men (43%) are more likely than women voters (33%) to believe paper ballots are more trustworthy, but women voters are slightly more likely than men to say they’d volunteer to count ballots on Election Night.
Voters under 40 are more likely than their elders to consider paper ballots more trustworthy than touchscreen machines.
Forty-one percent (41%) of Republicans, and 36% of both Democrats and unaffiliated voters think hand-marked paper ballots are more trustworthy than touchscreen voting. Democrats are most likely to think hand-marked ballots and touchscreen voting are about equally trustworthy.
Thirty-four percent of whites, 53% of black voters, 41% of Hispanics and 37% of other minorities think hand-marked paper ballots are more trustworthy than touchscreen voting.
Fifty-one percent (51%) of self-identified conservative voters consider hand-marked paper ballots are more trustworthy, compared to 32% of moderates and 23% of liberal voters.
Lower-income voters are more likely than those with annual incomes above $100,000 a year to view paper ballots as more trustworthy.
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Other notable data from the survey involved poll monitoring. Fifty-one percent of voters say they would volunteer to hand count and examine the election ballots in a local school gymnasium on Election Night this November, while 32% would not and 18% are not sure.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Democrats, and 49% of both Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party, say they would volunteer to hand count and examine the election ballots in a local school gymnasium on Election Night.
Among voters who believe paper ballots are more trustworthy, 65% would volunteer to count ballots on Election Night.
Forty-nine percent 49% of whites, 55% of black voters, 59% of Hispanics and 39% of other minorities would volunteer to hand count and examine the election ballots in a local school gymnasium on Election Night.
