Public Knowledge and Preferences about Election Administration: How Misunderstanding Fuels Distrust

• In Event: Elections Under Stress

Brief Overview

The public shows low levels of knowledge about who administers elections and is responsible for redistricting in their states. These beliefs conflict with the structures that respondents wish were in place and contribute to distrust in elections.

Authors

• Barry C. Burden, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Jacqueline Qiu, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Caroline J. Tolbert, University of Iowa