A CBS News poll shows that more than two-thirds of Republicans would consider joining a new political party if former President Donald Trump (Trump) were to form one.
In the survey conducted from Feb. 5 to Feb. 8, 33 percent of Republican respondents said they would join a new party led by Trump. Another 37 percent said they would “maybe” join the new party, while the remaining 30 percent said they would stay in the Republican Party.
The survey was conducted by YouGov, a London-based online polling company, among 2,508 adults living in the United States, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points, and weighted for gender, age, race and Education based on community survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau, as well as the 2020 presidential ballot and registration status. educational attainment were weighted.
In addition, 46% of Republican respondents said they believe it is “very important” for the Republican Party to remain loyal to Trump, while 27% said it is “somewhat important.” 15% said it is “not very important” for the Republican Party to remain loyal to Trump. Fifteen percent said Republican loyalty to Trump was “not very important,” and 12 percent said it was not important at all.
When it comes to whether Republicans should support a second impeachment of Trump, 71 percent of Republicans said it would be “disloyal” for Republican lawmakers to vote to impeach or convict the former president, while 29 percent said it would be “principled” to do so. principled).
The poll also highlights the animosity between Democrats and Republicans, with the latter more likely to view the former as enemies than political opponents. 57 percent of Republicans describe Democrats as “enemies” and believe their “lives or overall way of Life could be threatened” if a Democrat wins. “Forty-three percent say Democrats are the “political opposition,” meaning that if Democrats win, Republicans “won’t be able to pass the policies they want no matter what. “.
By contrast, 41 percent of Democrats describe Republicans as the enemy and 59 percent as the political opposition.
Earlier this month, a Hill-HarrisX poll reported that 64 percent of Republicans said they would join or are likely to join the Trump-led “MAGA Patriot Party.” 36 percent of respondents said they would be more likely to stay in the Republican Party.
“If Trump were to break away from the Republican Party and create his own party, polls show he would likely create the second largest party in the country, pushing the Republicans into third place.” Dritan Nesho, CEO and chief pollster of HarrisX, told Hill.TV.
However, Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller told The Epoch Times via text message in late January that Trump has no ties to the MAGA Patriot Party. We do not support this work and have nothing to do with it,” he said. We are only aware of this information through public reports.”
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