Widespread belief that elections are rigged or stolen may seriously damage democracy. Did problems of electoral integrity deter turnout? This new study finds a significant link between the quality of elections in each state, as evaluated by experts, and levels of voter turnout. The report was published in the Monkey Cage/Washington Post on 26th Dec 2016.
Why it’s not about election fraud, it's much worse.
Ever since Bush v. Gore in 2000, the way that American elections are run has become increasingly partisan and contentious. The 2016 elections ratcheted up the record number of complaints by all parties. New evidence from the EIP project compares the performance of U.S. states in the 2016 elections based on the first results of an expert survey.