ABC Poll: 61% of Republicans surveyed believe Trump did nothing wrong

[shinobi602]

Lots of other statistics but that one stood out to me the most. I have no words.

Washington, DC, January 10, 2021 -Over half of Americans believe Donald Trump should be removed from office before his term ends as two-thirds give him a good amount of the blame for the rioting that occurred in Washington, D.C. this week. This comes as less than a third of Americans trust Trump to protect democracy in the United States. However, America remains divided as only half of the country trusts Joe Biden to protect democracy in the U.S.

The majority of the American public (56%) says that Donald Trump should be removed from office before his term ends.

• Two-thirds (67%) say the President deserves a good amount (15%) or a great deal (52%) of the blame for the riots in Washington, D.C.
• Virtually all Democrats (94%) and a majority of independents (58%) believe Trump should be removed; only 13% of Republicans agree.

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• Among those who do not believe Trump should be removed (43%), about half believe he did nothing wrong (54%) and half believe his actions this week were wrong, but it is not worth the effort because he is leaving office on the 20th (45%).
• 61% of Republicans believe the President did nothing wrong, and a third believe it isn't worth the effort.

More Americans trust Joe Biden and Democratic representatives to safeguard democracy, however the country remains deeply divided.

• About a third of Americans – mainly Republicans – trust any major Republican to protect our democracy including 30% for President Trump, 31% for Republicans in Congress, 27% for Senator Ted Cruz, and 22% for Senator Mitch McConnell. Vice President Mike Pence (39%) and Senator Mitt Romney (41%) are better regarded on this.
• More Americans trust Democrats, with about half of Americans (53%) trusting President-Elect Joe Biden, 48% for Democrats in Congress, and 40% for Senator Nancy Pelosi. However, Republicans remain skeptical with fewer than one in seven saying they trust any of these Democrats.

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More than half of Americans want President Trump out of the office before inauguration day

ABC News/Ipsos poll finds that majority fault Trump for rioting in D.C.

www.ipsos.com

 

[BLEEN]

Shocked.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

I can almost hear McConnell crawling at lightning turtle speed to capitalize on this.

 

[M. Wallace]

Of course. They're deranged.

 

[Squarehard]

 

[Seesaw15]

All this tells me is 38% of Republicans are liars.

 

[clearacell]

complicit...they don't give a shit as long as they *own the libs*

 

[Khanimus]

Big shock

 

[thekonamicode]

It's a cult.

 

[cameron]

Cult.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

 

[Doggg]

 

[ArrogantBastard]

All this tells me is 38% of Republicans are liars.

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Nah, they think it wasn't worth the effort. Meaning he didn't get anything out of.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Republicans that actually believe they have souls should search them and realize it's past time to leave the party and start a new party. Their ideas are not welcome in the Democratic party, so they should start a new party and grow that.

 

[Saito]

Yes; let's be civil with these people so the country can be unified.

 

[maxxpower]

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You can't say a dumbass thing like this and not expand. Tell us Biden, why do we need strong Republicans values?

 

[TaySan]

The GOP as we know it now is Trump cult worshipers.

 

[RoninZ]

Republicans have been on ideological decline for a long while now. They are too far gone imo.

 

[bye]

thats actually a pretty good number all things considered. their party really is fractured now.

 

[Avitus]

That's very low by normal Trump standards

 

[Uncle at Nintendo]

Actually much lower than I would expect.

 

[squeakywheel]

US is so so broken.

 

[Crazyorloco]

See this what makes me nervous about jan 20th...

 

[LukeOP]

That's essentially 61% approval rate for Trump by Republicans. Trump has always scored 90+

 

[ExoExplorer]

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[BossAttack]

To answer this question: Yes.

Is Trump a viable candidate for the 2024 presidential election?

If you asked me before the riots, I would have said Trump would likely be the 2024 GOP nominee and even have a good chance of winning the presidency again. But now, I'm really not sure. He still has a massive base, but he's been effectively cancelled and deplatformed by all social media...

www.resetera.com

That's why he needs to be impeached.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

61%?, I would have thought it would be in the 80's-90's.

Edit: I think some of ya'll have the wrong reaction, that's way lower than what I expected.

 

[BriGuy]

If the coup klux klan (wish I could take credit for that name) succeeded, they would have been all too happy to go along with it, democracy and rule of law be damned.

 

[Spork4000]

That's lower than I expected. If it went to 50 Republicans would have a real problem on their hands.

 

[shoptroll]

Of course they do. 70+ million voted for the guy.

 

[Everybody Lies]

I used to think it was a cult. After the coup attempt, I'm convinced that these people are just evil.

 

[Zombegoast]

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Glad people picked Biden over someone who's slightly more left leaning than him

 

[UltimateHigh]

Govern as if they don't exist.

 

[HylianMaster2020]

Give it time to put perspective of Trump's actions a lot of what presidents want to do get blocked

 

[Richiek]

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Biden's not wrong. A democracy needs a strong opposition party to the ruling party to thrive. Unfortunately, the GOP as it is now is not it.

 

[Deleted member 16657]

Wow awesome. So 60% of Republicans are down to throw hands and become a dictatorship.

 

[Kensation]

This is why Trump has to be put away right now.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

Biden's not wrong. A democracy needs a strong opposition party to the ruling party to thrive. Unfortunately, the GOP as it is now is not it.

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he's literally wrong, we don't need the fucking republican party and they sure as hell aren't principled

 

[flyinj]

So is that going to be the party fracture? 60 to 40?

That works.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

You can't say a dumbass thing like this and not expand. Tell us Biden, why do we need strong Republicans values?

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I can't speak for him, but declaring the only strong party left to be destroyed is basically saying USA is run by one strong party. However, he is being cheeky and trying to get Republicans voters to accept his presidency to view him as a legitimate president when many Democrats did not view Trump as a legitimate president and some Republicans begrudgingly accepted Trump as their President.

 

[TOM 2]

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Only thing I'd disagree with him on. Yes we need a party that holds strong with morals and stuff. But the republican party isn't that.

As someone above put it, it's the Rethuglican Party: Party of racism, anti-LGBT, anti-social welfare and equality, in some circumstances, even anti-free religion (USA SHOULD BE NOTHING BUT WHITE EVANGELICALS!!!)

 

[Loud Wrong]

I can almost hear McConnell crawling at lightning turtle speed to capitalize on this.

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How? If that number holds in the senate, there's enough votes for impeachment.

 

[Nacho]

It's worth noting that that's significantly less republicans than usually step in lineno matter what.

 

[I Don't Like]

what's really fucked about this is these are white grievance politics which won't go away no matter how comfortable white people and whiteness are in this country. They need both to be incredibly well off and prosperous AND to see people they hate - POC, LGBTQ, immigrants - to be brutalized in order to be satisfied. If it's only the former - that simply isn't enough.

 

[Scuffed]

In a few months that will be 98%

 

[Netherscourge]

61% of Republicans are Nazis.

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

How? If that number holds in the senate, there's enough votes for impeachment.

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I just wanted to make fun of the turtle again. If this is true then this is good news.

 

[kyle mechlachlan]

only 61% of republicans are willing to lie on a poll.

 

[Booshka]

A strong opposition party is center dems like Pelosi, Manchin, Schumer, Biden etc. GOP is a death cult.

 

[Captjohnboyd]

I would argue that 67% of Republicans disapproving of anything he does is awful numbers for him. Yes, we know Republicans are awful, and 67% approving is an embarrassment, but that's almost as bad as he scored on anything in four years