Half of GOP voters want party to ‘move on’ from Trump voting fraud claims: poll – New York Post

Half of Republican voters agree that the party should move on from former President Donald Trumps claims that fraud cost him the 2020 election including 48 percent of those who voted for him, according to a poll released Wednesday.

The Politico-Morning Consult survey asked whether the GOP should continue to focus on the 45th presidents allegations or move on from them.

Among those who identified as Republicans, 50 percent said the party should move on from Trumps claims while 37 percent wanted to continue to focus on them.

Another 12 percent responded dont know/no opinion.

Among those who voted for Trump in 2020, 48 percent opted for move on, while just 36 percent wanted to dwell on the alleged fraud, with 15 percent answering dont know.

However, when asked if Trump should continue to press the case that he was robbed of a second term, 53 percent of Republicans said they strongly or somewhat supported him doing so with only 36 percent saying they opposed. Among Trumps voters, 52 percent said they supported his grievance, while 37 percent said they opposed it.

Overall, nearly two-thirds of Americans 64 percent think the Republican Party should move on from the 2020 election, while 23 percent disagree and 13 percent dont know or have no opinion.

When polled about their opinions on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, a majority of Americans (54 percent) described it as an illegitimate form of public discourse, compared to 21 percent who said it was legitimate, while 25 percent didnt know or had no opinion.

Trump 2020 voters were split on the question, with 34 percent calling the riot illegitimate, 34 percent calling it legitimate and 31 percent saying they didnt know or didnt have an opinion.

More than three-quarters of President Biden voters (76 percent) said the riot was illegitimate discourse, with only 11 percent saying it was legitimate and 13 percent in the dont know/no opinion column.

Earlier this month, the Republican National Committee censured Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for participating in the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot.

The pair are the only Republicans on the nine-member panel.

The censure resolution claimed Cheney and Kinzinger support Democrat efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back a Republican majority in 2022 and accused them of participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.

The poll surveyed 2,005 registered voters between Feb. 12 and 13 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

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Half of GOP voters want party to 'move on' from Trump voting fraud claims: poll - New York Post