Americans tend to be less inclined to blame Donald Trump, despite U.S. A Tuesday poll found that Trump was less responsible for the January 6th hearings at Select Committee.
Monmouth University Polling Institute surveyed adults from the United States to determine if Trump is “directly responsible for” the Jan. 6 events. The five hearings were aired live on prime time news. Forty-two percent of voters said Trump should take the blame, the poll reported.
Conversely, after the committee’s hearings attempting to prove Trump encouraged and condoned the violence on Jan. 6, just 38% of voters believed Trump was “directly responsible,” the poll found. According to Monmouth University, this is a 4 point drop from Cassidy Hutchinson’s arrival.
The poll reported that there was a drop of 1% in Americans who believe Jan. 6 should have been called a “riot” and an increase in people who think it is insurrection. (RELATED: Jan. 6 Theater Is Pushing Swing State Voters Away From Dems: REPORT)
Twenty-six percent of voters, a 1% increase from the previous poll, said Trump was not “directly responsible,” but he “encouraged those involved,” according to Monmouth University. Despite this, Trump received an increase in Americans who believe he did nothing wrong on Jan. 6, rising from 30% in June to 32% in August, the poll reported. The shocking revelations made during the hearings did not appear to have changed public opinion about Trump’s guilt for the riot and his false election fraud claims, Patrick Murray from Monmouth University Polling Institute stated in the poll. This continues to provide political cover for Republican leaders who fail to address the harm done to our democratic process that day
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Twenty-three percent said they paid attention to Jan. 6, and 8% said it had changed their mind. More than 70% of Democrats are in favor of charging Trump over Jan 6., while 66% of Republicans oppose the move, the poll found.
NATIONAL POLL: Only 8% say #Jan6Hearings changed their minds about what happened at US Capitol.
Trend on how public describes #Jan6:
Aug’22 / Jun’22 / Jun’21
64% / 65% / 72% – Riot
52% / 50% / 56% – Insurrection
35% / 34% / 33% – Legitimate protesthttps://t.co/W5dirGYAR7— MonmouthPoll (@MonmouthPoll) August 9, 2022
As for Trump’s 2024 chances with voters, 40% of Americans said they would either definitely or probably vote for him in the next presidential election, according to the poll. That number increases among Republicans, where 62% said they would “definitely back Trump,” Monmouth University found.
“As we’ve seen with the recent success of Trump-endorsed candidates, he continues hold sway over large portions of the Republican base,” Murray stated. “That doesn’t necessarily make him a shoe-in for the nomination in 2024, but he remains a formidable presence.”
The Monmouth University Poll surveyed 808 adults from July 28 to Aug. 1, with a margin of error of +/- 3.5%.
