GOP voters losing interest in prosecuting Jan 6 rioters - poll

• Published date: 29 September 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Overall, 78% of Americans still say it's important to charge January 6 rioters.

As the House committee and federal law enforcement continues investigating the Capitol riots, the number of Americans voicing the importance of ramping up the search has dropped from 87% to 78% since March.

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The study noted that only about quarter of Republicans (27%) view the prosecution of the rioters as very important; six months ago, half said this was very important. Among Democrats and Democratic leaners, the changes in opinion about finding and prosecuting the Jan. 6 rioters have been light. Today, 95% say it is important, including 80% who see this as very important.

The new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted September 13-19 among 10,371 adults on the Center's nationally representative American Trends Panel, discovered wide partisan divides on a range of issues related to the events of Jauary. 6, including views of the severity of the penalties for the those who broke into the Capitol, the amount of attention the riot has received.

A sizable majority of Republicans (83%) said they are not confident the House investigation will be fair.

The survey also noted that Republicans who...