Outgoing President Donald Trump's false claims about last year's election are serving him well with Republicans, according to the final Quinnipiac University national poll of his presidency.
The evidence shows Americans aren't only divided by their party allegiances, they're divided by the truth. Dozens of election challenges brought by the Trump campaign failed to gain ground in court. At no point did the campaign prove there was "massive election fraud," yet the president has continued to make that claim.
It's a claim that has stuck with many. 67% of Republicans say that President-elect Joe Biden's win is illegitimate. 97% of Democrats and 62% of independents say it's for real.
Response to other questions in the Quinnipiac poll also break largely along party lines. 80% of Republicans believe Trump should be allowed to hold elected office again. 96% of Democrats and 59% of independents say he should not be allowed to hold elected office. While just 34% of Americans approve of the president's job performance, 73% of Republicans approve.
Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy says, "Donald Trump can take some solace in the fact that almost three-quarters of the GOP still support him and nearly that same percentage believe the election was stolen from him."
The poll has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 2.9%.