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Thu Mar 16, 2023, 10:01 PM

marmar (75,435 posts)

More than a quarter of Republicans approve of Capitol attack, poll shows

(Guardian UK) More than a quarter of Republicans approve of the January 6 Capitol attack, according to a new poll. More than half think the deadly riot was a form of legitimate political discourse.

The Economist and YouGov survey said 27% of Republicans either strongly or somewhat approved of the riot on 6 January 2021, which Donald Trump incited in an attempt to overturn his election defeat by Joe Biden.

Nine deaths, including law enforcement suicides, have been linked to the attack. More than 1,000 people have been arrested and hundreds convicted.

The longest sentence yet handed down is 10 years in prison, to a former New York police officer who assaulted Capitol officers. The statutory maximum sentence for seditious conspiracy, the most serious convictions yet secured, is 20 years.

Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection, but acquitted. The House January 6 committee made four criminal referrals regarding Trump to the Department of Justice. The federal investigation continues. .............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/16/quarter-republicans-approve-capitol-attack-trump-legitimate-political-discourse

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More than a quarter of Republicans approve of Capitol attack, poll shows (Original post)	marmar	Thursday	OP
That's the core Trump cult.	OAITW r.2.0	Thursday	#1
Registered Republicans are less than 30% of voters	tinrobot	Thursday	#2
Thanks for this!	ShazzieB	Friday	#5
yup a minority of a minority. the most racist.	bullimiami	Friday	#6
Pew & Gallup Show 24% R	ProfessorGAC	Sunday	#15
that means 3 quarters of all republicans did not approve of the capitol attack	MadLinguist	Thursday	#3
It's still very sad	SouthernDem4ever	Friday	#4
This is confusing to me...	ShazzieB	Friday	#7
There's a link to a PDF of the poll	jayschool2013	Friday	#10
Thanks!	ShazzieB	Friday	#11
Just shows they are looney tunes with no common sense or intelligence	SouthernDem4ever	Sunday	#13
Admitting mistakes? Would be irresponsible for The Party of Personal Responsibility.	czarjak	Friday	#8
This headline should read: 75% of Republicans disapprove of January 6th insurrection.	intheflow	Friday	#9
I share this opinion.	twodogsbarking	Sunday	#12
So, 75 percent don't but will still vote Trump	lame54	Sunday	#14

Response to marmar (Original post)

Thu Mar 16, 2023, 10:11 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (18,400 posts)

1. That's the core Trump cult.

That means 85% of all voters are rational thinkers.

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Thu Mar 16, 2023, 10:46 PM

tinrobot (10,008 posts)

2. Registered Republicans are less than 30% of voters

27% of 30% is about 8% of voters.

Still too much, but let's keep this in perspective.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:27 AM

ShazzieB (10,335 posts)

5. Thanks for this!

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:35 AM

bullimiami (12,208 posts)

6. yup a minority of a minority. the most racist.

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Sun Mar 19, 2023, 03:00 PM

ProfessorGAC (57,679 posts)

15. Pew & Gallup Show 24% R

D=29% I=47%
So, we're talking 27% of 24% or 6.48%.
In 2023, I'm not shocked to hear 1 in 15 or 16 is a radical right-winger.

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Thu Mar 16, 2023, 11:29 PM

MadLinguist (718 posts)

3. that means 3 quarters of all republicans did not approve of the capitol attack

Kinda like to hear about THEM, from them, something. Why no interviews, in depth poll analysis about that silent GOP disapproval?
I cannot be the only one who would like some relief from hearing from this ~12.5% J6 approving portion of the populace. (TBH, I think it's likely smaller). The fact that they are particularly repulsive does not warrant an exclusive focus on their viewpoint.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 10:34 AM

SouthernDem4ever (2,459 posts)

4. It's still very sad

The fact that there are that many on the fringe of reality is depressing.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 11:50 AM

ShazzieB (10,335 posts)

7. This is confusing to me...

More than a quarter of Republicans approve of the January 6 Capitol attack, according to a new poll. More than half think the deadly riot was a form of legitimate political discourse.

More than 1/4 of Repubs approve of the attack, and "more than half" think it was legitimate political discourse. More than half of who? Half of all Republicans or half of the ones who said they "aporoved"?

It doesn't add up either way. If half the Repubs polled said it was legit political discourse, wouldn't that mean half of them approved of it? How does someone "approve" of the attack unless they think it was legit political discourse, and vice versa?

Like I said, I'm confused! 🤔

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Response to ShazzieB (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 04:51 PM

jayschool2013 (2,179 posts)

10. There's a link to a PDF of the poll

in the story. Here's the PDF.

Here's the question:

51. Capitol Takeover Approval
Do you approve or disapprove of the Trump supporters taking over the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on January 6th, 2021 to stop Congressional proceedings?

It was answered via the Likert Scale: Strongly Approve/ Approve / Neither / Disapprove / Strong Disapprove
Republicans
Strongly Approve 8 percent
Approve 19 percent
Neither 25 percent
Disapprove 27 percent
Strong Dis 20 percent (total is 99 percent)

In the previous question, which was about January 6 as political discourse, 54 percent of Republicans did indeed respond that it was legitimate political discourse. So I guess they can disapprove of something they consider legitimate.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 05:30 PM

ShazzieB (10,335 posts)

11. Thanks!

I completely missed that link. It's weird the way some people's minds work and very weird, imo, that so many people would say, "Yes, I think that was legitimate political discourse," and also say, "No, I don't approve of it."

Humans are strange creatures!

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Sun Mar 19, 2023, 02:41 PM

SouthernDem4ever (2,459 posts)

13. Just shows they are looney tunes with no common sense or intelligence

especially when they contradict themselves. Of course there is a faction of the Repug party along with Fux Nooze and similar media outlets directly responsible for those anti-social and anti-democratic attitude because some people are just too stupid to think for themselves.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 03:08 PM

czarjak (8,798 posts)

8. Admitting mistakes? Would be irresponsible for The Party of Personal Responsibility.

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Fri Mar 17, 2023, 04:18 PM

intheflow (27,567 posts)

9. This headline should read: 75% of Republicans disapprove of January 6th insurrection.

While 25% is still too high by at least 25%, with a 66% turnout in 2020 what it really boils down to is only 8.25% of likely voters support the insurrection. That sounds about right for TFG's base.

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Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:17 AM

twodogsbarking (6,002 posts)

12. I share this opinion.

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Sun Mar 19, 2023, 02:42 PM

lame54 (33,586 posts)

14. So, 75 percent don't but will still vote Trump

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