In our increasingly polarized politics, the middle of the electorate — swing voters, independents and soft partisans — has become crucial in measuring public opinion. If you don’t have the middle on your side in a particular debate, you’re not going to get a majority of public support, or close to it.
And that’s true from the results of our most recent NBC News poll, where just 41 percent of independents say they hold former President Donald Trump “solely” or “mainly responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. CONTINUED
Mark Murray, NBC News
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