Republicans still believe Trump's election loss was the result of a rigged election

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Washington, DC, April 2, 2021 – A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that most Americans agree that former President Donald Trump was partly to blame for the Jan. 6th riot at the Capitol, and 61% agree that he should not run for president again in 2024. However, support for Trump among his Republican base remains strong as 55% of Republicans believe his 2020 election loss resulted from illegal voting or election rigging. Paradoxically, 35% of Republicans agreed with both of the following theories: that the people who gathered at the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6th were peaceful, law-abiding Americans and that it was actually led by violent left-wing protestors trying to make Trump look bad. To that end, 81% of Republicans still view Trump favorably.

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-04/topline_write_up_reuters_ipsos_trump_coattails_poll_-_april_02_2021.pdf

My assertion is that Fox News prime time shows are still not telling the truth about the 2020 election. This is the only way I can imagine that so many Republicans can still believe Trump's lie that he really won the election in a landslide. I would be very interested in other theories, if you have one.

 

Republicans have differing views on the past elections.
They know that they lost to the COVID 19.
Many republicans think that rules changed in favor of voting by mail "for the safety of voters" that more friendly to the democrat votes.
They are republicans who think that the election wasn't fair and serious flaws etc.
They will try to work on creating even ground for the next elections. Now focusing on 2022 effort to try to win the house.

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Look up the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance of Leon Feistinger. To me, it explains everything in this context - even if Fox News told them, they would still chose not to believe it.

 

Of course different people are going to have different opinions about different things. That is the way the world works. Your assertions above I'm sure are true. As I think I've explained before, my own wife would have voted for Tump in 2020 if she didn't think he botched the covid19 response. I don't see the relevance to this poll or the question asked in the opening post of this thread, however. Those things were not asked in the poll.

Trump's big lie is that the 2020 election was stolen from him. A majority of Republicans still believe that lie. That is what the poll shows. The question is why? I put forth the theory that Fox News is still pushing that lie is a big reason. My wife listens primarily to CBS News. She doesn't believe the big lie. Last I remember your stated position on this issue was that you were 20% sure that the election was stolen from Trump. What are your beliefs and your fellow family Republican's beliefs on this question of a rigged election and where do you and they get their news?

 

Some would choose not to believe Fox if the said the election was valid but I doubt a majority would. I think the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance explains part of it though. When they hear a bit of news from another news outlet like CBS, ABC, NBC etc. Also, this poll shows 55% believe it earlier polls indicated like 77% of Republicans believed the Big Lie. So it is apparently going down some.

 

Here's an interview with the ex-PM of Australia. He personally knows the Murdochs. he states that same thing as this thread. That the Big Lie is believed by the majority of Republicans because of Fox News. He also states Steve's point about the damage this lie costs us. He stated that the Murdochs knew that Trump was not qualified to be President but backed him anyway because they knew that they could easily manipulate him. He importantly reminds us that we shouldn't really blame the Republicans for believing these lies. The blame more fairly rests on Fox News and the Murdochs.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2021/04/18/former-australian-prime-minister-condemns-rupert-murdoch-stelter-rs-vpx.cnn

 

Fox supporting the GOP, Right, YES. Just like CNM, and MSMBC support Democrats.

 

It is true that CNN and MSNBC lean left, similar to the way that Fox leans right. CBS, NBC, and ABC do not lean left nearly as far as the other three news agencies lean though. See https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/. Also it isn't true that CNN and MSNBC are just like Fox News. For example, point out a lie fostered by Democrats, CNN, and MSNBC that a majority of Democrats fell for. A lie that had dire consequences like causing an insurrection. The Republicans believed the Big Lie and a majority still do according to this poll.

See Steve's quote "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." ― Voltaire which does a good job summarizing why this web of blatant lies spun by Trump and Fox News was very bad and lead to the January 6th insurrection.

It is much less likely that this could happen on the left.

First-Trump is a petrological liar. He focused on putting the Republican base in his web of lies for four years. This was his highest priority, far above governing or anything else. No other such person has ever existed on the left. I hope it very unlikely that another pathological liar gets elected to President on either the left or the right.

Second- Trump and Fox had a symbiotic relationship. Very unlikely that we will ever see three entities working together in this way, CNN, MSNBC and pathological liar. On top of that, I'll guess that more Democrats watch ABC, CBS, and NBC than Republicans. That would make this web of lies just that much harder to spin on the left.

 

You seem to have completely misread my post. I EXPLICITLY stated that CNN and MSNBC lean left! So I see absolutely no relevance your statement has to my post. Point out a lie fostered by Democrats, CNN, and MSNBC that a majority of Democrats fell for. Otherwise you have not dented the theory I made about lying by the media and majority of Democrats falling for it. Nor have you even bothered to question my explanation as to why I believe my assertion is likely to remain true.

 

Lean left sounds to mild.
I think they are solid left.

 

What a curiously worded statement. In what way was it "more friendly to the democratic voters"? Did it enable a systemic fraud by actors affiliated with the Democratic Party? I strongly believe this wouldn't be true; in fact, there's demonstrably no treason to believe that. Then what?

 

For one, I was more impressed by Biden's press conference than most of the press commentators. This is partly because of somewhat low expectations people had of the "moderate Joe", and partly because of the redonkulously low bar that was set by Fox et all with the whole "Biden is senile" hogwash.
Discussing it this way sort of hints at some sort of equivalency between what Fox does and what CNN does. That's not a fair way to put it. Yes, CNNs of the world have a liberal-leaning way to frame some topics, but what is the Democratic Big Lie?

 

Sorry, I have to call bullshit. This is a list of opinions or controversies that you have twisted out of shape. They are not lies told by the media.

If you'd like, pick out the one or two that you think are the strongest examples and we can discuss in more detail.

 

Seems to be a protest without a difference, the more accepted term is lean left. Fox leans right is solid right. Is there really any difference? As I mentioned MediaBiasFactCheck does as good a job as I think is possible trying to quantify this.

 

Not exactly so:
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In more recent years laws since enacted, laws and presidential actions have been shaped by concerns about refugees, unauthorized immigration and terrorism.

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