Biden makes defending democracy a touchstone in his reelection campaign -- and a rejoinder to Trump - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Though Trump-animated forces in the party dominated public attention, many Republican voters were concerned about other issues such as the economy and the border and did not want to focus on a past election result.
35% : Campaign officials have pored over the election results from last November, when candidates who denied the 2020 election results did not fare well in competitive races, and point to polling that showed democracy was a highly motivating issue for voters in 2022. Candidates who backed Trump's election lies and were running for statewide offices with some influence over elections -- governor, secretary of state, attorney general -- lost their races in every presidential battleground state.
23% : Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters and Mark Finchem, who ran for secretary of state, also repeated fraudulent election claims in their respective campaigns.

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