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Large Majority of the Public Views Prosecution of Capitol Rioters as ‘Very Important’
In both parties, most say right-wing and left-wing extremism are major or minor problems
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- Large Majority of the Public Views Prosecution of Capitol Rioters as ‘Very Important’
- Most Americans say it is very important to prosecute Capitol rioters; nearly half expect their penalties will be too lax
- Majority of Republicans say too much attention is being paid to the Capitol riot and its impacts
- Sharp partisan differences on whether right-wing and left-wing extremism are major problems in the U.S.
- Black adults more likely than Whites and Hispanics to say too little attention has been paid to the Capitol riot
- Most Americans say it is very or somewhat important to find and prosecute the Capitol rioters
- Black adults have less confidence in law enforcement to find, prosecute Jan. 6 rioters
- About half of Americans say Trump should have been convicted by Senate for his role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
- Fewer than half of Republicans who said previously that Trump had won the 2020 election now say it is very important to prosecute the Capitol rioters
- Right-wing and left-wing extremism are viewed more widely as major problems than Islamic or Christian extremism
- In both parties, most say right-wing and left-wing extremism are major or minor problems
- Republicans and Democrats are divided internally by ideology over political and religious extremism
- Republicans more likely than Democrats to say they know ‘nothing at all’ about QAnon
- Views of QAnon supporters are overwhelmingly unfavorable, though intensity varies among partisans
- Partisan divides on whether it is ‘very important’ to prosecute Capitol rioters and in views of their likely penalties