Most Americans think Donald Trump won't concede if Hillary Clinton wins
Nearly 70 percent of American voters think that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency in November, with only 57 percent of Donald Trump's own supporters thinking he'll be moving into the White House next year, a new CNN/ORC poll has found. But there is a catch: If Clinton wins, 61 percent of voters don't think Trump will accept the results or concede after they're certified. Trump's own supporters have a little more confidence in him, with 56 percent saying he'll accept the outcome, whereas 75 percent of Clinton backers think he will not.
Sixty-six percent of voters have at least some confidence that the ballots will be accurately cast and counted, which is actually up from 58 percent in 2008 and slightly below 2004's 72 percent.
The poll sampled 1,017 adults by landline and cell phone from Oct. 20-23. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percent. Monday's poll also showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 5 points.
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