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PolygraphElection 2026

Defending Democracy

15 episodes of Defending Democracy used one of six fraud phrases between Aug 20 and Oct 22, 2026. From the report Fraud talk on podcasts; see all shows.

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Defending Democracy cover art
Lean
Left
Size
Top 75% of charting podcasts
Category
News
First and last
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The show on Apple Podcasts ↗

Episodes over time

Episodes per week One episode

Weeks run Monday to Sunday; the last, from Oct 26, runs to Wednesday Oct 28 and is drawn in outline. Source: Particle

Phrases

Episodes that used each phrase
  • voter fraud13 (87%)
  • election fraud4 (27%)
  • illegal voting2 (13%)

Share of the show’s 15 episodes. An episode can use more than one phrase. Source: Particle

In the stance sample

4 segments of this show were drawn for the report's stance sample. Every statement about fraud by anyone on air was read for what the speaker does with it: asserts that fraud happens, reports it, asks about it, or rebuts it. A stance is what was said, not a verdict on the claim.

Statements about fraud, by stance Asserts Reports, asks or unclear Rebuts
  • Defending Democracy23 statements9% assert fraud70% rebut it
  • Left-leaning shows in the sample671 statements13% assert fraud60% rebut it

Polygraph reading of the sampled segments. Source: Particle

Episodes

15 episodes that used a fraud phrase, newest first, with the phrases each one used.

  1. BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ THREATENS Election CertificationPhrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  2. Ken Paxton’s Election Lies ExposedPhrases: voter fraud
  3. Trump Prosecutors Threaten Election Officials: "I Will Hunt You Down"Phrases: illegal voting
  4. Trump's Constitutional Crisis is HerePhrases: election fraud
  5. BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ Is Now Suing to Stop People’s Votes From CountingPhrases: voter fraud
  6. Election Deniers Beg Trump to HIJACK Voting MachinesPhrases: voter fraud
  7. BREAKING: Smoking Gun Docs Expose ICE's MASSIVE Voter Data HuntPhrases: voter fraud
  8. ALERT: Trump is Setting a Trap for California's Vote CountPhrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  9. BREAKING: 25 Losses and Counting for Trump DOJPhrases: voter fraud
  10. Trump Made Republicans Raise Their Hands and Pledge to CheatPhrases: voter fraud
  11. Trump's Blueprint to Rig the Midterms is Already in MotionPhrases: voter fraud
  12. Trump's Argument for Blocking Your Ballot Is Absolutely AbsurdPhrases: voter fraud
  13. BREAKING: Trump's DOJ Moves to Restore USPS Rule That Could Cripple Your VotePhrases: voter fraudelection fraud
  14. WTF is USPS Hiding in its New Mail Ballot Rule?Phrases: voter fraud
  15. WARNING: Something Disturbing is Coming to the MidtermsPhrases: voter fraudillegal voting

Episode titles as published; a title links to the show’s own page for the episode where its feed gives one. Source: Particle

About this show's numbers

The episodes are this show’s English-language episodes from July 27 to October 28, 2026 that used one of six exact phrases: voter fraud, election fraud, rigged election, stolen election, illegal voting or noncitizen voting. An episode counts once even when it used several. Episodes and lean ratings come from Particle.

Size is the show’s rank on Apple Podcasts charts on October 28. Lean is the show’s rating where we checked it: this show has one. Category is the first one the show lists in its own feed. Cover art comes from the show’s own feed.

A mention is not an endorsement: shows that rebut fraud claims use the same phrases. The stance sample, where a show has one, says which. Back to the report.

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