An overwhelming majority of all likely Tennessee voters (85%) say they are mostly confident or better that their vote is being accurately counted in Tennessee. Slightly more than one-tenth say they’re mostly unconfident or worse (11%). To have such a sweeping majority of all likely voters in agreement that they are “mostly confident”—or better—in state elections processes is remarkable.
More Republicans (14%) than Democrats (9%) and Independents (11%) say they are mostly unconfident or worse that their ballots are being accurately counted. This is particularly worth noting in a state as safely and historically red as Tennessee.
Voters clearly trust and have confidence in the great lengths the state has gone to secure ballots and protect the entire election process from fraud and cheating. More than half of all voters (64%) say they trust state and local government officials more than federal officials to operate elections in Tennessee.
Unsurprisingly, nearly two-thirds (62%) also oppose allowing the federal government to dictate how Tennessee should operate its elections. An overwhelming majority of Republicans (83%) and more than half of all Independents (61%) reject the idea of federal control over state elections.