New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies
Positive messaging about democratic values like freedom and unity seems to have a meaningful effect on whether voters say they trust voting results.
For election officials, falsehoods about America's voting process can feel like a game of whack-a-mole.
"There's just so much that is incorrect that they just keep repeating and repeating and repeating," one Colorado voting official told NPR recently. "And then as soon as I have absolutely blocked off that path with actual correct information, then they just move that goal post. And they keep just moving the goal posts."
But it's clear this "game" has massive stakes.
