With partial blame for the Capitol attack, majority favors barring Trump from office

By artappraiser on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 3:15am |

89% of Americans oppose the actions of those who stormed the Capitol, including 80% who are strongly opposed, per new @ABC News/WaPo poll. Among Trump supporters, 76% are opposed, including 60% strongly opposed. https://t.co/yv0IpKyRdF pic.twitter.com/U2fnzcLV7t
— ABC News (@ABC) January 16, 2021

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“His career average approval rating is the lowest for any president in modern polling, back to 1939, and he is the first president in that time never to achieve majority approval at any point.” https://t.co/w2RzjUySES
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

“But just among Republicans, a majority, 60%, wants to continue to follow Trump -- sharply fewer than in the past (83% in a similar question in 2018), but still marking the risk of a Trump/no Trump schism within the party.” https://t.co/w2RzjUySES
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 3:18am

food-for-thought speculation on how Trump fans think, by a liberal Canadian who is also professor in the Psychology department at Wilfrid Laurier University....PhD in social psychology...Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology, and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Successful Societies program

Interesting thread on Trump supporters' beliefs about storming the Capitol. Most Trump supporters did not support it. Many approval predictors made sense; one surprise is that people who approve storming the Capitol were *also* more likely to blame Antifa. Mental gymnastics? https://t.co/gcT4BMtrwr
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

To be sure, it's not a huge effect size, but big enough to think about. My guesses: 1) right wing media (broadly construed) narratives have encouraged both beliefs, so some ppl endorse both without thinking about the logical inconsistency
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

2) Trump supporters want a mechanism for saying "I support the sentiment of the protest but not the violence." Although blaming Antifa in this case is clearly disconnected from reality, it's not all bad that Trump supporters are disavowing the violence (even in a silly way).
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

Also - although I completely decry the violence & storming of the Capitol, I *still* defend the (considerably larger) peaceful/lawful protest that day. I believe their grievances are factually incorrect and I'd likely morally decry many of their views. Still support their right.
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

It may be unpopular to point out at this time of (justified) outrage, but I think it's important for liberals (and all others who oppose Trump) not to succumb to the temptation to paint all conservatives with that same brush. They are NOT synonymous w the insurrectionists.
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

I mostly feel sad that affective polarization, mistrust in institutions, and misinformation has gotten to this point. Here's one recent review of how bad this had gotten by @EliJFinkel and many colleagues https://t.co/6DeY89nlHh
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

I don't absolve regular Republicans, but I truly reserve my fury for the political elites who have cynically, knowingly perpetuated election falsehoods knowing that a large enough % of their supporters no longer trust the fact-checkers.
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

These misconceptions don't come from thin air - people get their ideas from somewhere. Info from political elites & media are increasingly divided, partisan & extreme, which can set off these spirals. My review of this vicious cycle with @vparks https://t.co/Sn3rjmLgT9 pic.twitter.com/eVfFNue9ZP
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

Oh - and liberals have misconceptions too, and we should hold our group to the same standards (a thread for another time!). That doesn't mean that misconceptions are equivalent, or equally harmful. But we should dissent when our own group, media & elites play these games.
— Anne Wilson (@awilson_WLU) January 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 3:31am

A pretty big majority—two thirds/66%—of Americans think Trump acted irresponsibly after the election. (But who are are the one third who think he did not act irresponsibly after the election?) https://t.co/qTM2PvLjKC
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) January 17, 2021

My answer would be: the same 1/3 of the electorate who are right-wing conspiracy-minded anti-gummint nut cases who have bedeviled this country since at least the 1964 election, when they voted for Goldwater. We've made no progress on that front. Anyone that's got conspiracy stories and is for less federal government, that's their guy or gal!

by artappraiser on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 10:19pm

BREAKING: 68% of Americans oppose Pres. Trump pardoning himself for any federal crimes he may be accused of committing, according to new @ABC News/WaPo poll. https://t.co/mseWRp7ezf
— ABC News (@ABC) January 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 01/17/2021 - 9:34am

Amazing that we were treated to an endless procession of “his base still loves him!” takes about literally the least popular president in the history of polling. https://t.co/kR4mi2vtAC
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 6:08pm

Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating everhttps://t.co/bxltk7HVI7
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 01/18/2021 - 6:27pm

With partial blame for the Capitol attack, majority favors barring Trump from office

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