Poll results

‘Rigged’: Virtually No Americans Feel Confident in US Democracy

According to the survey, conducted on Tuesday by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, "Seventy percent (70%) of Americans say they feel frustrated about this year's presidential election, including roughly equal proportions of Democrats and Republicans." 

Of the 1,060 adults polled, 51% claimed to feel "some" confidence in the electoral system, with 38% having "hardly any" confidence, and only 10% feeling a "great deal" of confidence.

Notably, 55% of respondents said they feel helpless in this election and 70% reported being frustrated.

"Few Americans are feeling pride or excitement about the 2016 presidential campaign, but it is grabbing the public's attention," the poll results stated, adding, "Two-thirds (65 percent) of the public say they are interested in the election for president this year; only 31 percent say they are bored. However, only 37 percent are feeling hopeful about the campaign, 23 percent are excited, and just 13 percent say the presidential election makes them feel proud."