Republican Party favorability dips

[struggle4progress]

By CNN Newsource
Published January 17, 2021 7:36 am

... The public overwhelmingly wants to see the Republican Party move on from Trump once he’s left office. Overall, just 19% say the party ought to continue to treat Trump as its leader, while 77% say it should move on. Among Republicans, views are split, with 48% saying the party should move on and 47% saying the party should continue to treat Trump as the leader of the party. Independents who lean toward the Republican Party, however, are much more likely to say the party should move on from Trump (62% feel that way).

And after months of the Trump campaign and conservative media sowing doubts about the results of the 2020 presidential election, self-identified Republicans are less likely to have confidence in American elections than are Democrats, which could complicate GOP efforts to get those voters to the polls in future contests. There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Yet 75% of Republicans say they have little or no confidence that elections in America today reflect the will of the people, including a majority (57%) who say they are not at all confident that election results represent the will of the people ...

https://kion546.com/national-politics/2021/01/17/cnn-poll-republican-party-favorability-dips-as-most-want-party-to-move-on-from-trump/

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Think about being a Republican and having to defend Trump.

Why would I be a Republican? Unless I liked Organized Crime?

[moonscape]

3. And what attorneys will he have going

forward when he will need a caravan of them? When he has lost
Sekulow ...

[Frustratedlady]

2. They are getting worried now that the big guys have cut off their donations.

That's the only thing they respond to is money and power.

Unfortunately, they won't learn their lesson.

[Hortensis]

4. 48% of Pubs want to leave Trump behind, 62% of Pubish indies the same.

Pubs are @25% of voters. Pub-leaning indies perhaps @21%.

[Marie Marie]

5. Good. Maybe if they look at the polls and their donor money drying up,

they might be more likely to vote to impeach, convict and remove. They stayed with him to protect their own re-elections so maybe if they see how toxic he is, they will distance themselves from him. Or not.