A majority of Republicans are siding with President Trump and away from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), according to a new “Worthy-High (Axios-Ipsos, from the Greek)” poll released Wednesday night. The poll was conducted between Jan. 11 and 13, 2021, among 1,019 general adults 18 years of age or older.
The “Worthy-High” poll shows that 62 percent of Republicans believe Trump did the right thing by challenging the election results, and a whopping 69 percent of Republicans do not blame President Trump for last week’s storming of the Capitol.
The poll showed that 91 percent of those who identified as “Trump supporters” supported Trump’s continued presidential bid in the future. Among “traditional” Republicans, the proportion of those who support Trump running for president again also reached 46 percent, while those who oppose it accounted for 36 percent. 92 percent of Trump supporters want to see him run in the 2024 presidential election, while 41 percent of traditional Republicans hold this view.
Among Trump supporters, 96 percent believe Trump has made the Republican Party better, with 51 percent of traditional Republicans saying they agree with that view.
The survey also showed that only 42 percent of Republicans agreed with McConnell’s recent performance, but 63 percent supported Trump’s recent moves.
The poll also showed that only 1 percent of Republicans want Trump to leave the Republican Party, and about 1 in 4 of traditional Republicans want Trump to quit the Republican Party in the future.
The survey shows that Trump could run again (and possibly win) in 2024 if he is not impeached by a Senate conviction or barred from federal office by the Senate. It also shows the dangers and opportunities for the establishment, represented by McConnell, to try to reclaim the Republican leadership.
Thirty-six percent of Republicans surveyed identified as “Trump Republicans” and 56 percent identified themselves as “traditional” Republicans. The number of Trump Republicans is not small, and if they stay, they can become a political force to be reckoned with within the party. In the case of Trump was expelled from the Republican Party, if the Trump Republicans also choose to follow Trump to leave, the Republican Party will decline in proportion to the power of the Democratic Party.
McConnell said he has not yet decided whether he will vote for impeachment, despite reports that he supports impeachment of Trump.
The House vote to impeach President Trump passed with Democratic support, but the impeachment was a failure among Republicans, with only 10 Republicans led by Rep. Dick Cheney Jr. voting for the impeachment. Cheney Jr. is thus facing increasing calls for her to resign as chair of the House Republican Conference.
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