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Nearly three-quarters of Republicans doubt that President BidenJoe BidenFDA authorizes second at-home rapid COVID-19 test Pentagon awards 6.7M contract for domestic production of material critical for rapid COVID-19 tests Armed man with 'hit list' including Biden, Fauci arrested in Iowa on way to White House MOREs 2020 electoral victory was legitimate, according to a new poll from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Seventy-one percent ofGOP respondents said they dont believe that Biden was rightfully elected to the White House, echoing former President TrumpDonald TrumpKeith Olbermann criticized for tweet targeting Romney family Prince Andrew's legal team say accuser 'lives in Australia,' cannot sue in US court Is China's power peaking? And other top national security questions for 2022 MOREs baseless claim that he was theactual winner oflast year'selection.

Twenty-fivepercent of Republicans said Biden's win was probably not legitimate, while 46 percent said it was definitely not legitimate, according to the poll.

Only 6 percent of Republicans said that Biden is definitely the rightful winner, while another 15 percent said he probably is.

Most Americans 58 percent believe that Bidens election was legitimate. That includes 91 percent of Democrats and 54 percent of independents.

Still, the poll underscores the extent to which false and misleading claims about the 2020 election by Trump and other prominent Republicans have become ingrained in the minds of many GOP voters, said Tatishe Nteta, an associate professor of political science at UMass Amherst and the polls director.

Given the continued questioning of Bidens victory by prominent Republican elected officials, conservative media personalities and former President Trump, it is no surprise that 7 in 10 Republicans, conservatives and Trump voters view the results of the 2020 election with skepticism, if not outright disbelief, Nteta said.

The poll also found that an overwhelming majority of Republicans 80 percent see the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol as a protest. Among all respondents, however, 55 percent described the events as a riot. Whats more, about a quarter of Republicans described those who participated in the events of Jan. 6 as patriots, while a similar number said the perpetrators were Antifa.

The UMass Amherst poll was conducted by YouGov from Dec. 14-20 and is based on responses from 1,000 people nationwide. It has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

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