A July 29 Gallup Report indicated that two in three Americans are gravely concerned about the integrity of the midterm elections:
67% were concerned about political leaders pressuring election officials to change election outcomes.
57% worried that ballots will not be properly handled, counted and secured.
52% expressed concern about voter intimidation near polling places.
The survey of more than 23,0000 Americans was conducted by Gallup and the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.
Fear, cynicism, and doubt can have a chilling effect on democracy. If voters become convinced that their ballots won’t count—or that showing up could put them at risk—they may simply stay home.
Trump and his administration have given us plenty of signs that he plans to sabotage the midterms. Here are just two “lowlights” from this year:
January 2026: Trump said he regretted not ordering the National Guard to seize voting machines after his defeat in the 2020 election. Later that month, the FBI raided the Fulton County, Georgia election operations center and seized hundreds of boxes of 2020 election records, including ballots and voter records.
July 2026: In a prime-time address on election security, Trump accused China of obtaining enormous amounts of American voter data and called for passage of the SAVE America Act. Fact-checkers have challenged important elements of his characterization of the data, noting that voter-registration information is publicly available in many states and that Trump did not provide evidence that China had altered election data.
(Read the full breakdown of “lowlights” in Indivisible’s original update.)
BOTTOM LINE: The federal government itself has become the greatest threat to our elections. Election officials must be allowed to do their jobs without political interference. Voting systems must be secure. Ballots must be protected and accurately counted. And politicians—regardless of party—must not be allowed to manipulate election rules or interfere with the certification of legitimate results.
