The vast majority of Americans say they oppose the actions of the rioters who stormed and ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, while smaller majorities say President Trump bears responsibility for the attack and that he should be removed from office and disqualified from serving again, according to a Washington […] Read more »
With partial blame for the Capitol attack, majority favors barring Trump from office
Nine in 10 Americans oppose the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, seven in 10 say Donald Trump bears at least some responsibility for it and a majority in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll – 56% – favors efforts in Congress to bar him from holding elected office […] Read more »
Many Republicans sympathize with those who stormed the Capitol
The storming of the U.S. Capitol by President Trump’s supporters last week has been met with overwhelming condemnation by political leaders and the broader American public. … Lurking beneath the surface in the Republican Party, though, is something else: significant sympathy for the cause and even the actions of those […] Read more »
After the storming of the Capitol, Trump grows even less popular
President Trump has never been very popular. Since he took office, there have been only a handful of days on which his average approval rating was higher than his average disapproval, and it’s generally been the case that he’s been viewed more negatively than any of his modern predecessors. … […] Read more »
A historic percentage of Americans want Trump removed from office
The potential removal of President Donald Trump from office starts out more popular than any other removal process of a president in recent American history. Removing Trump from office remains quite unpopular among Republicans, however. A look across polls conducted since riots at the Capitol on Wednesday shows that a […] Read more »
Most Americans reject the attack on the Capitol — but millions empathize with the mob
Over the course of the past five years, the labels I use when I create graphics based on polling have grown increasingly dark. From poll questions about perceptions of foreign interference in elections, to impeachment, to death tolls from novel viruses to, now, sentiment about the violent takeover of the […] Read more »