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This research focuses on whether voters’ confidence is shaped by the racial or ethnic representation of poll workers and election staff.

This paper finds that the "winner" effect mitigates the effects from strong pre-election cues from elites. It also shows the effect of pre-election attention to the rigging issue.

This paper examines whether correcting information can overcome misperceptions about election fraud. It finds that providing counter information is generally ineffective at remedying misperceptions and can, depending on the source, increase endorsements of misperceptions among Republicans.

This paper finds that media coverage of voter fraud is associated with public beliefs about voter fraud. In states where fraud was more frequently featured in local media outlets, public concerns about voter fraud were heightened. In particular, the paper finds that press attention to voter fraud has a larger influence on Republicans than Democrats and Independents.

This article revisits public attitudes about voter identification and voter fraud in a period of intensifying partisan polarization, focusing on beliefs about fraud and exposure to misleading claims being central mechanisms through which confidence in election outcomes rises or falls.

This classic book examines the consequences winning and losing for the legitimacy of democratic political institutions and systems.