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What belief in extraterrestrial visitors to Earth reveals about trust in elections

  • Written by Joshua Lambert, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida
imagePeople who believe aliens have visited Earth are less likely to trust the 2020 election results. Colin Anderson Productions pty ltd/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Partisanship is not enough to explain why so many Americans – mostly Republicans – distrust the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.

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