Almost 80% of people in the United States recognize Joe Biden as the winner of the Nov. 3 presidential election, including more than half of Republicans.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll, which ran from Saturday to Tuesday, found that 79% of U.S. adults believe Biden won the election. Another 13% say that the election has not been decided yet, 3% said President Trump secured his reelection, and 5% said they don’t know.
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Along party lines, 6 in 10 Republicans said Biden won, compared to nearly almost every Democrat.
The poll comes after Biden was declared the winner on Saturday by several media outlets once the former vice president came out victorious in Pennsylvania, putting him over the needed 270 electoral votes to secure a path to the White House.
Trump has not conceded, alleging voter fraud took place in several states that infringed on his supporters. The president’s campaign has embarked on lawsuits in various states and is heading toward a recount in Wisconsin, which has 10 electoral votes. Little evidence of fraud has yet to be proven.
Broader aspects of the survey conducted between Friday and Tuesday asked people if they trust their local elections officials, in which 83% of Democrats and 59% of Republicans said they trusted the officials to “do their job honestly.” Overall, 70% of people had faith in their local officials’ integrity.
The poll also found 72% of people think the loser of the election should concede. Sixty percent say they think there will be a peaceful transition of power if Trump’s term ends in January.
The poll was conducted online, in English, across the country. It collected responses from 1,363 U.S. adults, including 469 people who took the poll between Saturday afternoon and Tuesday. The poll has a margin of error of 5 percentage points.
