Post-incitement-of-riot public opinion

First opinion polls show most Americans blame Trump and want him removed from office

There won’t be as much public opinion polling on political topics in the coming months, now that the 2020 election cycle is complete. But some reputable pollsters are continuing to measure American public opinion after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

According to a new Quinnipiac University national poll of registered voters conducted immediately following the storming of the Capitol,

Only 1-in-five Americans thinks democracy is “alive and well” in the United States.

After the assault on the Capitol,

48% of Americans say they think President Trump is not mentally stable.

Forty-five percent say he is mentally stable. Those findings are nearly identical to responses in a January 2018 poll, when 45 percent of voters said they thought Trump was mentally stable and 47percent said he was not. These results also mirror the party division evidenced in the November 3 election.

Do Americanc hold President Trump responsible for the insurrection attempt? Here’s what the Quinnipiac poll found:

Overwhelming majorities of both parties say the mob which assaulted the Capitol was undermining democracy, not protecting it:

Looking to the future, majorities of Americans think political extremism will persist in the United States, but also think President-elect Biden will be able to unite the country.

For more details on these and other questions asked in the Quinnipiac poll, you can read the university’s press release here.