L.A. voters worry about outside influence in midterm elections, new poll finds
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Set us as preferred Los Angeles County voters are concerned about a host of voter fraud issues that could disrupt the Nov.3 general election, even though they have a high degree of confidence in local elections officials, according to a new poll funded by the nonprofit California Community Foundation.Nearly three-quarters of respondents expressed concern that false rumors and misleading information online could confuse voters or make them believe that their vote won’t count, the poll found.
Other top concerns included politicians interfering with the election and mail-in ballots getting lost, stolen or delayed.Still, most of the voters surveyed expressed confidence in the county’s handling of election proceedings, with 68% saying L.A.County does an excellent or good job at running elections and counting ballots.
Once presented with information about how the county handles elections, that number rose to 72%.Around three-quarters of respondents also believe that the upcoming election will be fair, secure and accurate, the poll found.The online poll was conducted from Sept.
30 to Oct.6 by Tulchin Research, a San Francisco-based public opinion firm.
It surveyed 500 voters in L.A.County considered likely to cast ballots in the Nov.
3 election and has a margin of error of 4.4%.“Voters feel good about the local officials running their elections.So, reinforcing the fact that that is who’s in charge of the election and how the process works is reassuring to folks,” said Ben Tulchin, the polling company’s president.
“It … reduces their anxiety about some of the outside criticism that California, L.A.County faces.” The poll was funded by the California Community Foundation, which awards millions of dollars in grants to local charitable groups, to support the “A Count You Can Trust Coalition,” an initiative aim...