A new poll released Saturday shows that a majority of American adults believe earlier President TrumpDonald Trump Capital Police Votes Distrust of Leaders Graham’s Post-Election Call with Georgia Secretary of State Will Be Investigated: Trump Report Told McCarthy Rioters Are ‘More Upset About the Elections Than You’: Report MORE should be banned from participating in public office.
Fifty-three percent of U.S. adults surveyed said Trump would not be allowed to run for public office again, while 50 percent said they would vote to condemn Trump in the Senate impeachment process if they got the vote. a poll implemented by Ipsos for Reuters.
An opinion poll by YouGov and The Economist Released Friday also found that 53 percent of people think Trump should not be re-run.
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Many argue that Trump should not be re-run because of his actions and words that led to the January 6 Capitol riots that killed five people.
The Ipsos-Reuters survey found that 71 percent of American adults believe Trump was partially responsible for the riot. Half of the Republicans polled in the poll agreed that Trump was partially responsible.
Before the riot, Trump had provoked and alleged conspiracy theories of election fraud President BidenJoe BidenGraham’s Post-Election Call With Georgia Secretary of State Will Be Investigated: Overnight Defense Report: Pentagon, Congress Appoints Panelists to Rename Confederate Bases | Military Approves 20 More Coronavirus Vaccination Teams Lawmakers Give Standing Ovation for Officer Eugene Goodman MORE didn’t win the election fair. He encouraged his followers to “stop the stealing” at his January 6 rally that took place just before the riot.
Despite arguments that Trump was not directly responsible for the riot, he was impeached by the House and is undergoing the impeachment process in the Senate.
Seventy-three percent of those polled said they had decided whether Trump should be convicted before the trial began.
The poll included 998 American adults and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.