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Large Majority of the Public Views Prosecution of Capitol Rioters as ‘Very Important’
Partisan divides on whether it is ‘very important’ to prosecute Capitol rioters and in views of their likely penalties
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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