Democrats like to claim that Republicans use various laws such as voter ID — widely supported and used in nearly every major democracy on earth — to disenfranchise minority voters and steal elections. Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams are among those who actually reject election outcomes based on their theory.

But the data offer no evidence, and strongly suggest that it is not true.

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