Just who believes the claim that Donald Trump won in 2020 and that the election was stolen from him? Who are these tens of millions of Americans, and what draws them into this web of delusion? Three sources provided The Times with survey data: the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Poll, P.R.R.I. […] Read more »
Support for Secession Linked to Conspiracy Belief
Key Points• Belief in conspiracy theories is most consistently correlated with Biden and Trump voters who favor secession.• The majority of citizens who voted for Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the last election, when combined, believe in at least one of the conspiracy theories (43% of Biden voters and […] Read more »
The survival of U.S. democracy may hinge on this decision by Pa.’s next governor
… Pennsylvania — the closest battleground state with the most electoral votes, where the election was called for Biden last November — is a powerful example of exactly what the Trump scheme to unwind American democracy looks like. In Harrisburg, Republican legislative leaders — after weeks of lobbying and browbeating […] Read more »
Our constitutional crisis is already here
The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years of incidents of mass violence, a breakdown of federal authority, and the division of the country into warring red and blue enclaves. The […] Read more »
21 million Americans say Biden is ‘illegitimate’ and Trump should be restored by violence, survey finds
Some Americans are looking past Joe Biden, seeking the return of Donald Trump as president. AP Photo/Julio Cortez Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago A recent Washington demonstration supporting those charged with crimes for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol fizzled, with no more than 200 demonstrators showing […] Read more »
Dramatic Partisan Differences On Blame for January 6 Riots
According to new data from PRRI, majorities of Americans say white supremacist groups (59%), former president Donald Trump (56%), and conservative media platforms that spread conspiracy theories and misinformation (55%) shoulder a lot of responsibility for the violent actions of the rioters who took over the U.S. Capitol on January […] Read more »