A majority of candidates-2020-election-misinformation.html">Republican candidates and election-voters-democracy-poll.html">voters question the results of the 2020 election. What does this mean for the midterms and beyond?

In the run up to November’s vote, New York Times political correspondent Nick Corasaniti’s reporting has focused on right wing efforts to shake belief in the country’s free and fair election system, and the threats those efforts pose to our democracy.

He and his colleagues have examined public opinion, tracked candidate statements, and followed campaigns across the country to see just how widespread the lies about the 2020 results have become, and elections-challenges.html">the actions that doubt is inspiring as voting begins in the midterms.