Overview
- Gallup reports Americans are nearly evenly split on election honesty, with 49% saying elections are honest and 51% saying they are not.
- The 2026 poll shows 63% of Democrats trust the honesty of elections compared with 37% of Republicans and 35% of independents.
- For the first time in Gallup’s 15-year global comparison, people who disapprove of national leadership report higher confidence in elections (52%) than those who approve (41%).
- Gallup began asking U.S. party identification in 2024 and found a 55-point Democrat‑Republican gap that narrowed in 2025 and reopened in 2026 despite Republicans holding the White House and Congress.
- Analysts say the unusual split and the leadership-approval reversal do not prove irregularities but raise a real risk that some voters may question the legitimacy of midterm results and put pressure on election officials.