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A new poll demonstrates that voters are deeply skeptical over whether President Donald Trump will accept the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections, which Democrats are currently favored to win.

The Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll, published earlier this week, asked respondents how confident they were regarding how Trump will react to the midterms. Only 28 percent said they were “very confident” or “somewhat confident” that he would accept the results. Meanwhile, 70 percent of Americans are “not too confident” or “not at all confident” that he will back the outcome.

The poll comes as Trump himself has repeatedly indicated that he won’t accept the results if Democrats win over Republican Party candidates.

Trump has spent much of the 2026 midterm campaign season sowing unfounded doubts about the legitimacy of American elections. His administration has acted in kind, publishing dubious reports that baselessly suggest that tens of thousands of people ineligible to vote took part in the 2020 presidential race that Trump lost. The president has also pushed states to remove residents that he claims are illegal voters from their voting rolls, and has called for “nationalizing” the elections, despite the U.S. Constitution placing management of elections in the hands of states, not the federal government.

In June, Trump reacted furiously when “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker pressed him for evidence of his claims of voter fraud, storming........

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