Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a strong majority of Americans condemn it and believe former Pres. Trump is at least partially to blame, new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. The attack resulted in deaths, injuries, more than 700 arrests and former President Donald Trump's second impeachment., a strong majority of Americans condemn it and believe former President Donald Trump is at least partially to blame. But partisan splits have hardened over time, with Republicans still largely backing Trump's version of events, a new ABC/Ipsos poll finds.
An overwhelming majority of Americans believe the people involved in the attack on the Capitol were"threatening democracy," while 1 in 4 Americans believes that the individuals involved were"protecting democracy." Broken down by party identification, Democrats are nearly unanimous in believing that those involved in the attacks were threatening democracy.
The ABC/Ipsos poll, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel, also shows strongly aligned views among Democrats regarding Trump's responsibility for the attack, with 91% believing Trump bears either"a great deal" or"a good amount" of responsibility for it. On the other hand, a strong majority of Republicans believe the former president bears"just some" or no responsibility for the day's events.
These figures are strikingly consistent with polling taken in the immediate aftermath of Jan. 6, despite efforts by Trump to recast the narrative andinvestigating the Jan. 6 attack from obtaining records from his administration. Overall, in this poll, 58% of Americans think Trump bears a"great deal" or a"good amount" of responsibility for the events, unchanged from
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