Election Integrity Tops Concerns for Attendees at CPAC Dallas Conference

Thousands of conservatives ranked election integrity as the No. 1 concern in a poll conducted at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas last week, outweighing border security and inflation.

The Aug. 6 poll, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, asked some 5,000 CPAC attendees to rank three topics from greatest to least important.

Election integrity was the top issue for 61 percent of respondents.

The border wall/immigration came in second at 51 percent.

Energy independence, constitutional rights, and inflation/cost of living finished out the top five, respectively earning 31 percent, 30 percent and 25 percent as major issues.

Christian Adams is president and general counsel for the Public Interest Legal Foundation.

Christian Adams is president and general counsel of the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which files lawsuits across the country fighting for election integrity.

Adams told The Epoch Times that while he is surprised election integrity topped the field of concerns at CPAC, public interest in the topic has risen considerably since the 2020 election.

As a result of voting irregularities, states have worked to fight against voter fraud with new legislation, he said.

“Texas and places like Florida have gotten a lot of statutes on the books,” Adams said. “So in a lot of these places, a lot of good has already happened.”

Hans von Spakovsky, manager of the Election Law Reform Initiative at the Heritage Foundation, told The Epoch Times he believes the issue looms large for conservatives as the midterm elections approach.

Von Spakovsky said the 2020 election, with its troubling results, seared the issue into the minds of the American populace.

“I have been preaching on this issue for a very long time,” Von Spakovsky said. “They realize that unless the right people get elected into office, those problems aren’t going to get solved.”

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