“ Seventy percent of Americans say they ’ re starting to hear that there are candidates running that are still tied to the Trump Republicans , tied to the attacks on the country ,” said Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners , referring to its nationwide poll of 800 likely general election voters taken between July 13 and 17 . “ And people think they should not be running ; people should be disqualified . But if they do run , they want to actively vote against them .”
Lake , a top Democratic pollster , explained : “ Seventy percent of Americans agree with the statement , ‘ I would not vote for anyone who ’ s supported or encouraged the attack on our country on January 6 .’ That includes 97 percent of Democrats , 73 percent of independents , and 39 percent of Republicans .”
The survey , which was taken before the select committee ’ s dramatic primetime hearing on Thursday , included other findings that showed sizable numbers of voters — possibly enough to affect outcomes this fall — are reaching strong conclusions about Trump ’ s effort to overturn the 2020 election . Their emerging view is that Republicans are the political party that supports the use of violence to gain power .
“ Sixty percent of Americans say that they [ the insurrectionists ] were not patriots and 63 percent say they were not bystanders ,” Lake said , speaking at a briefing hosted by Defend Democracy Project , a Washington-based group dedicated to the principle that voters determine election results . “ People are much more likely to think that the Republican Party is more inclined to resort to violence than the Democratic Party . This has been a major shift .”
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