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NEW KEY STATES REPORT: Voters Across the Country Want Accountability For Those Responsible For January 6th and the Ongoing Conspiracy to Take Away the Right to Choose our Own Leaders

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For Immediate Release

Date: August 18, 2022

Washington, DC – This summer, Defend Democracy Project and Public Policy Polling conducted polls across seven states to gauge the public’s reactions to the January 6th investigation. These polls show people in each of these states believe that Trump and MAGA Republicans are responsible for an ongoing conspiracy to overturn elections that they lose. Today’s report paints a consistent picture across all seven key states in public response to the investigation. 

“The House Select Committee’s investigation has proven that Trump and MAGA Republicans are responsible for the attack on our country on January 6th and the ongoing conspiracy to take away our right to pick who leads us. It is clear that American people across the country know this too,” said Defend Democracy Project Communications Director, Nicole Haley. “Donald Trump and those complicit must be held accountable for their actions in the courts and at the ballot box in order to put a stop to the ongoing threat to our rights.” 

Across all seven states polled, voters demonstrated they were concerned about the attack on January 6th and that they hold Trump and Republicans, not just Trump, responsible for the attack. 

The polls also showed: 

    • Over half of voters support the investigation being done by the committee and believe it’s important to protect democracy. 
    • Over half of respondents want to see those responsible held accountable or prosecuted.
    • Over 60% of voters are concerned with Trump and his allies telling people there was voter fraud after repeatedly being told there was none. 
    • Over 60% are concerned with Trump threatening then-Vice President Pence to overturn the election, with a majority of independents being at least somewhat concerned.
    • In these states, a majority or near-majority of voters believe what happened on January 6th and the effort to overturn elections is a problem with members of the Republican party as a whole, not just Donald Trump. 
    • And in Wisconsin, a plurality of voters believe Republicans are more violent than Democrats.

View the full report here.

 

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