兰德公司2024年美国大选信任和技术-为民主面临的完美风暴做好准备英文版18页

The 2020 U.S. presidential election was mired in controversy and conflict. Foreign governments interfered in the election, while some domestic leaders alleged election fraud before voting even began (Inskeep, 2021; Marcellino et al., 2020; Posard et al., 2020). After the election, assertions that the elec-tion was “stolen” gained so much traction that, as the certification process got underway, a crowd gathered for a rally in Washington, D.C., and subsequently turned violent, attacking the U.S. Capitol and causing injuries and deaths, including to law enforcement officers defending the building (Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, 2022). In the months and years since then, messages discrediting the election results and the agencies and offi-cials involved in investigating the riot and election-related charges have continued unabated, particularly on social media (Sullivan, 2023). These events further eroded many Americans’ trust in U.S.