An unbylined Nov. 26 Newsmax article states:
More than two-thirds of the nation says it is fair for President Donald Trump to ask for a recount in key states, according to a new Newsmax/McLaughlin & Associates poll released Thursday.
Sixty-seven percent of likely voters backed Trump’s recounts where the vote margins in his race with Joe Biden were 1% or closer, which applies to states like Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Arizona.
Despite the close contests, 65% of Americans say the election will ultimately be decided honestly. But fully a third of all voters, 35%, said that there was significant fraud.
“This seems to be a very disturbing and high number for the country that always prided itself to be the world’s leading democracy,” pollster John McLaughlin said. “The highest level of fraud concerns are among Trump voters at 70% and Republicans at 65%.”
What Newsmax didn’t tell you, just like the Media Research Center didn’t: McLaughlin & Associates was the pollster for Trump’s campaign, meaning it has a certain bias and conflict of interest in conducting polls that support narrative pushed by the Trump campaign.
Additionally, Trump has been giving Newsmax’s TV operation lots of attention of late, meaning that it’s entirely likely that Newsmax did this poll as a way to garner even more attention from Trump — with, hopefully, the resulting eyeballs of right-wing viewers that will watch its channel.
In short: This just screams “stunt” and “lack of credibility.” There’s no real reason to trust this poll.