Survey: 67% people believe coronavirus would postpone US elections

A recently conducted survey has revealed that presidential elections in US scheduled for vember this year would be disrupted by ongoing coronavirus crisis. survey by Pew Research Center was conducted between April 7 and 12 on 4,917 American adults. survey also discovered that a majority of American preferring voting by mail if infections continued.

results of survey revealed that 67 per cent of Americans believed that it was 'very likely' or 'somewhat likely' that COVID-19 pandemic would significantly hamper people’s ability to vote in presidential elections. Apart from that, a majority of people were confident that elections would be conducted fairly and accurately. However, out of m, a 46 per cent democrats were less confident about fairness of election. survey also found out that a striking 70 per cent people preferred voting by mail. Out of total, nearly 52 per cent favoured conducting all election by mails.

'Trump will postpone elections'

This comes as presumptive Democratic presidential minee Joe Biden reportedly predicted that President Donald Trump will try to postpone vember elections. During an online fundraiser on April 24, Biden said that US President will come up with some rationale on why elections can t be held in vember and, in an attempt to win presidency again, he will try to postpone it.

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“Mark my words, I think he is gonna try to kick back election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can’t be held,” said Biden, according to a pool report of an online campaign event. Trump is facing criticism over his handling of coronavirus outbreak. White House coronavirus task force press briefing has also come under fire due to regular confrontation of US President with reporters and his evasive answers on COVID-19 response.

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