> Despite evidence to the contrary, nearly one-third of Americans still believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Speaking of naive realism, what evidence? I'm not even asking what evidence was provided, but what could be provided at all.
You can't really prove that elections were fair, especially post factum. Best case, you can show that protections against known frauds were there. And compared to elections I took part in, American elections often look woefully inadequate in that regard.
In fact, at least one American president, Lyndon B. Johnson, remains under serious suspicion.