Wide differences between Trump, Biden supporters on importance of knowing election results quickly and preventing those not eligible to vote from voting % ofregistered voters who say each is important.for the presidential election this November
With the expectation that a far larger share of voters will cast their ballots by mail than in past elections comes the prospect that counting those ballots may take substantially longer than in past years. But about half of registered voters (52%) say it is very important that Americans know who won the election with a day or two of Election Day, and 82% say this is at least somewhat important.
By contrast, there is far less uniformity when it comes to the importance of people who are ineligible to vote being prevented from voting. While clear majorities of both coalitions say this is at least somewhat important (93% of Trump supporters, 78% of Biden voters), Trump supporters are much more likely to consider this very important: 86% say this, compared with about half (49%) of Biden backers.
Trump supporters also are substantially more likely than Biden supporters to say that knowing the winner of the election within a few days is important. More than nine-in-ten Trump supporters (94%) say it is at least somewhat important that the winner of the election be known within a day or two of the polls closing, including 69% who say this is very important. While most Biden supporters (73%) say this at least somewhat important, only 39% say it is very important.
Wide differences between Trump, Biden supporters on  | importance of knowing election results quickly and  | preventing those not eligible to vote from voting  | % ofregistered voters who say each is  | important.for the presidential  | election this November  | Among  | All voters  | Trump supporters  | Biden supporters  | Somewhat NET  | Very  | DIFF  | 30  | 52  | 82  | Trump  | Americans know who won  | 69  | 25  | 94  | supporters  | the election within a day  | +21  | or two of Election Day  | 39  | 34  | 73  | People who are NOT  | 65  | 19  | 84  | Trump  | legally qualified to vote  | 86  | 93  | supporters  | are prevented from  | +15  | 78  | casting a ballot  | 49  | 28  | 92  | 99  | People who are legally  | qualified and want to vote  | 93  | 99  | TIE  | are able to cast ala ballot  | 93  | 99  | Note: Based on registered voters  | Source: Survey of U.S adults conducted Sept. 30-Oct. 5 2020  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 