46% think an attack similar to January 6 could happen again, poll finds

Americans agree that democracy is in bother, however members of the 2 political events have starkly completely different opinions on the January 6 Capitol attack. 

A brand new USA Today/Suffolk University poll discovered that 51 per cent are ‘very anxious’ about the way forward for American democracy, whereas 46 per cent mentioned it is seemingly a similar attack on the Capitol could happen once more. 

But Republicans had been seven occasions extra seemingly than Democrats to say the attack was a protest geared toward stopping a fraudulent election, versus one attempting to overturn a professional presidential election. 

A brand new poll confirmed that 46 per cent of Americans believed it was seemingly one other attack, similar to January 6 (pictured), could happen sooner or later 

There’s a stark distinction in how Republicans and Democrats view January 6, with a majority of Republicans believing it was a protest geared toward stopping a fraudulent election 

Overall, 53 per cent of these polled did imagine January 6 was a protest geared toward overturning the outcomes of a professional presidential election. 

However that sentiment was held by 85 per cent of Democrats and simply 20 per cent of Republicans. 

Fifty-one per cent of independents additionally agreed.   

Twenty-nine per cent of survey respondents mentioned it was a protest geared toward stopping the fraudulent election of now President Joe Biden.

But a majority of Republicans – 56 per cent – agreed. 

Just 8 per cent of Democrats and 27 per cent of independents believed that was the motivation behind the January 6 assault. 

While 50 per cent of respondents known as the January 6 rioters ‘criminals,’ that quantity sunk to 17 per cent when Republicans had been requested. 

Just 20 per cent of Republicans mentioned they believed January 6 was a protest geared toward overturning the outcomes of a professional presidential election

Sixty-six per cent of Republicans instructed pollsters that January 6 rioters ‘went too far, however that they had some extent.’ Overall, 38 per cent held that view. 

Just 6 per cent of respondents felt these within the MAGA mob acted appropriately. 

Among Republicans the quantity was barely larger, at 11 per cent. 

Republicans additionally had a extra dour view of the Democrat-led House choose committee that is investigating January 6. 

Fifty-nine per cent mentioned they had been in no way assured the particular House committee investigation shall be ready to present a whole and correct account of what occurred on January 6. 

Meanwhile, 54 per cent of Democrats answered they had been somehwat assured within the course of.   

Seventy-eight per cent of Republicans additionally known as the committee a ‘waste of time.’ 

At the identical time, 88 per cent of Democrats mentioned it was ‘vital for the way forward for democracy.’