⁍ 43% of Biden supporters would not accept a Trump victory.

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⁍ 41% of Americans who want to re-elect Trump would not accept a win by Biden.

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⁍ 22% of Biden supporters and 16% of Trump supporters said they would engage in street protests or even violence if their preferred candidate loses.

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– With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that more than four in 10 supporters of President Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, say they will not accept the result of the election if their preferred candidate loses. The poll, which surveyed 2,649 American adults from Oct. 13-20, found that 43% of Biden supporters would not accept a Trump victory, while 41% of Trump supporters would not. The poll also found that 22% of Biden supporters and 16% of Trump supporters say they would engage in street protests or even violence if their candidate loses. The poll found that Biden leads Trump by 8 percentage points nationally, with 51% of likely voters backing the Democratic challenger, while 43% are voting for the president. Biden also leads in Wisconsin and Michigan, but the race appears to be much closer in other battleground states including Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, and North Carolina. Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University, says the poll results ease his concerns about post-election violence, but he warns that if the election is close, or one candidate can make a credible accusation of voter fraud, it could spark wider discontent and protests. “This is why many people who oppose Trump are holding their breath and hoping for a lopsided outcome that is not up for grabs,” Green says.