election deniers
Ballot outcome disbelievers
Election deniers are those who refuse to accept the legitimacy of an election outcome, claiming fraud or manipulation without credible evidence.
The term gained currency after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, applied to politicians and supporters who rejected Joe Biden's victory: Several election deniers ran for office in 2022.
The label carries a pejorative edge, likening such rejection to conspiracy thinking.
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- deep stateCovert governmental power structure
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- voter fraudIllegal interference with elections
- stolenTaken unlawfully
rigged · overturn · insurrection · Capitol · Trump · ballots · mail-in ballots · dead voters · audit · recount · distrust · baseless · claims · Stop the Steal · January 6th · certification · swing states · poll watchers
- fringe believerstruthers, conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, QAnon, anti-vaxxers