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Biden Is To Blame For D.C. Riot, Say Republicans In Recent Poll
Republicans believe president-elect Biden is more responsible than Trump for the assault on the Capitol building
Regarding the D.C. riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 6th, 35% of Republicans believe Joe Biden is to blame for the actions of those who stormed the building, while only 13% of Republicans believe Donald Trump bears responsibility. That’s the finding of a poll by YouGov, an international research data group headquartered in London, which surveyed registered voters as the events were unfolding that day.
The YouGov survey sampled responses from 1,448 registered voters on January 6th at 5 pm EST. Of those, 1,397 were aware of the events occurring at the Capitol building. According to the company, the margin of error is 3.3% for the sample.
Placing blame: Biden vs. Trump
Among their findings was a partisan split in how the riot was perceived. The aggregate responses show that most registered voters, 55%, blame Trump for rioters’ actions, but the devil is in the details. When analyzing by party affiliation, 90% of Democrats blame Trump compared to only 13% of Republicans claiming the President bears responsibility. Independents split the middle, with 51% assigning blame to Trump.
While only 2% of Democrats point their finger at Biden for the actions at the Capitol, 35% of Republicans believe the president-elect is to blame. Eighteen percent of Independents agree.
Supporting the riot
Survey respondents were also asked if storming the Capitol was justified, seemingly because 56% believe that “enough fraud took place to change the outcome,” according to YouGov. This has increased from the results of an NPR/Ipsos study released in December, just days before the electoral ballot certification, which found that one-third of Americans believed voter fraud was instrumental in the Biden win. The NPR poll also found that 40% believe that Covid-19 was created in a laboratory in China.
45% of Republican voters approve of the chaos in D.C. versus 2% of…
