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As presidential approval collapses, a measurable share of 2024 voters now deny their recorded choice—eroding the basic norm that democratic power requires public ownership of the vote.

Elections

Feb 26, 2026

Sources

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-voters-are-so-embarrassed-they-are-lying-about-voting-for-him

Summary

Surveys of 12,180 people who reported voting for Donald Trump in 2024 found that about 6 percent now deny having voted for him. The change reflects a measurable shift in public political identification as approval of the sitting president declines. The practical consequence is that post-election self-reports become less reliable for gauging accountability and public consent for governance.

Reality Check

This kind of mass vote-denial corrodes democratic accountability by letting citizens and power centers launder consent after the fact, weakening the public’s ability to demand consequences for governing decisions made in our name. It is not likely criminal on these facts: misreporting a vote to a private pollster is generally not a federal offense absent a false statement to the government under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, fraud tied to election administration, or coercion or bribery aimed at changing an actual ballot. The institutional danger is cultural rather than prosecutorial—when voters treat elections as disposable identity markers, officials gain room to govern without durable public ownership, and our rights become easier to bargain away without a clear, accountable constituency to defend them.

Detail

Pollsters Verasight and The Argument surveyed 12,180 individuals who previously reported voting for Donald Trump in the 2024 election, fielding responses between August 2025 and February 2026 and comparing them with answers collected immediately after the 2024 vote.

Across the combined sample, about 6 percent now deny having voted for Trump despite having reported that vote in 2024. Of those, 2.7 percent now say they voted for Democrat Kamala Harris and 3.3 percent say they voted for neither Trump nor Harris.

The shift concentrates among prior Trump voters who now disapprove of his job performance. About 15 percent of Trump’s 2024 voters report disapproving; within that subgroup, 12.5 percent now claim they voted for Harris and 11.8 percent say they voted for neither candidate. Among Trump voters who approve of him, 0.9 percent now claim they voted for Harris and 1.3 percent report voting for neither.

Separately cited polling shows elevated Trump disapproval and declines in net approval on immigration and the economy.