Republicans have lost faith in the election process
Just three in 10 Americans believe "the election process is working as it should" based on the current state of the 2016 cycle, per Gallup poll results released Friday. That 30 percent confidence in the process marks a 7 percent decline since January.
The biggest surge of skepticism is to be found among Republicans, who just two months ago had near-majority conviction that the campaign was working as it should. Democrats, by contrast, have actually become slightly more confident in the election process over that time.
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By comparison, in January 2008, two-thirds of Americans were happy with how the campaign process was functioning.
