Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they are opposed to the attack on the Capitol, while 8 percent say they support it, according to a new poll by The Washington Post and ABC News.
Here are how the results of the poll, released on Friday, break down:
- 85% of Republicans say Trump should not be removed from office or disqualified from future elected office, while 12% say he should be.
- 89% of Democrats say he should be removed from office and prevented from holding elected office again, while 9% disagree.
- 71% of all those polled believe President Donald Trump bears at least some responsibility for the Capitol attack, while 28% say he is not at all responsible.
- 62% say there is no solid evidence for Trump’s claims of voter fraud, compared to 31% who say there is solid evidence.
- 63% say they are very or somewhat confident in the integrity of the U.S. electoral system, while 36% say they are not so confident or have no confidence at all in it.
- 38% approve of Trump’s handling of his job, compared to 60% who disapprove.
- 54% say Trump should be charged with inciting a riot, while 43% say he should not be charged.
- 15% say Trump will go down in history as an outstanding president, 13% say as an above average president, 12% say as an average president, 11% say a below average president, and 48% say he will be remembered as a poor president.
The poll, conducted Jan. 10-13, surveyed 1,002 people. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.
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