Dark shadow over Trump’s America: 54% unsure if midterm elections will be free & fair

We don't want cheating in the midterm. We don't want cheating. You understand me? For a while now, U.S. President Donald Trump has been feeling the heat over the rising fuel prices. In fact, he has been leaving no stone unturned when it comes to the midterm poll campaign. And he has even promised to give $5,000 U.S. dollars to every American adult if the Republicans retain power in the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Senate. But now a new poll has hinted at a deeper crisis, which strikes at the very root of American democracy, it seems. According to the News Nation Decision Desk HQ poll, which basically surveyed 974 voters between October 5 to 9, nearly 54 percent casting aspersion over whether the votes for the midterm elections will be counted fairly. For instance, 27 percent of the respondents expressing concern about the counting of the postal ballots. Now, this is extremely significant as roughly one third of the Americans, remember, cast their ballots through mail on an average. Similarly, close to 13 percent respondents each claiming that the Democrats and Republicans can change the final vote count. But then will this pessimism actually have an impact? And this, of course, is pessimism about election integrity, which is extremely significant, but will it really impact the voting? While 22 percent affirmed that there was a need to vote to foil this impending fraud, barely 3 percent of the respondents saying they may not even cast their vote. However, a staggering 46 percent refused to even answer the question, implying that nearly the voters implying that the voters do remain divided when it comes to this matter. Let's just talk about the concerns about the midterm elections that have been growing in light of Donald Trump accusing the Democrats of seeking to cheat in the elections, allegedly. Remember, initially, Trump hinted at cancelling the polls altogether, something that the White House later brushed aside as a joke, or at least tried to do that. Let's talk about what happened in February this year. Trump called for the federal government to take over election-related powers of the states, citing irregularities allegedly in votes counted in the Democrat-ruled states. And according to the U.S. Constitution, remember, states are in charge of supervision of voting, protection of the voters, prevention of fraud, and counting of votes. The U.S. president also hinted at potentially not accepting the results in case cheating takes place in the polls. Listen to this. Are you committed to accepting the results of the midterms no matter what party wins? What do you think the answer is to that? What do you think? Of course I will. But we don't want cheating. You don't want cheating? We don't want cheating in the midterms. We don't want cheating. Do you understand me? But then Trump's own popularity is under lens increasingly. According to the opinion poll, his disapproval rating standing at 60 percent. Additionally, it predicted that 76% probability, 76% probability of the Democrats of getting a majority in the 435 seat U.S. House of Representatives. Now, let's just break this down further and tell you about the bigger picture. The Democratic Party, remember, is ahead of the Republicans by 7% in terms of the voting preference. The others, meanwhile, remain undecided. So if we look at the voters who identified themselves as independents, the gap widens further. 44% of them saying they would opt for Democratic candidates as compared with 34% who said they would go with the Republicans. They would vote for the Republicans. Now, in terms of the issues concerning the voters, the impact of the energy crisis, interestingly, because of the Iran war is clearly visible. According to the report, inflation and the state of the economy remained major points of concern among the undecided voters, specifically more than half hinting at reconsidering their voting choice if the prices continue to rise. So these numbers are extremely concerning and with growing challenges on the war front as well, growing dissatisfaction among the people, it seems to be clear that Trump faces an uphill task to keep the Republicans afloat in the midterms that are due in November this year.