In U.S. swing states, officials brace for conspiracy theories and violence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : On election night in 2020, Trump declared himself the winner after early returns showed him in the lead, even though thousands of ballots remained to be processed in Philadelphia.
49% : Trump also singled out Detroit, America's largest Black-majority city, saying on Oct. 10 that the rest of the country would become "like Detroit" if Harris wins.
42% : Opinion polls in the state show Harris and Trump roughly even.
28% : Philadelphia has overhauled vote-counting since delays in 2020 created an opening for Trump and his allies to spread conspiracy theories and for his supporters to target election officials with threats.
25% : "Deeley and 30 other election officials from both parties told Reuters they are preparing for a replay of 2020, when Trump and his lawyers pushed false charges about late-night ballot dumps and rigged machines in an effort to overturn his loss.
17% : Trump accused them of allowing electoral fraud in 2020 and has done so again since the start of this campaign.
15% : Throughout his campaign, Trump has repeated the falsehood that he won in 2020 while signaling he would contest a possible loss to Harris.

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