A majority of likely U.S. voters believe there will be another assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump before Election Day, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Found.
The first assassination attempt against Trump occurred on July 13, during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when Trump was shot in the right ear by Thomas Matthew Crooks, leaving his face bleeding as he addressed the crowd. . The second assassination attempt occurred on September 15, after Ryan Wesley Routh was captured holding a gun from a bush at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are under intense scrutiny for their handling of both incidents.
“A man was recently charged in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. “How likely is it that there will be another assassination attempt on Trump between now and Election Day?” poll respondents were asked.
According to the survey, 65% of respondents believe an assassination attempt on President Trump is “likely” to occur before Election Day, and 32% of those believe it is “very likely” It turned out that. In contrast, 21 percent do not think it is unlikely they will try again, and 14 percent are unsure.
Majorities across all political categories, including 75% of Republicans, 56% of Democrats, and 64% of independent voters, believe there is at least a “some degree” of an attempt on their life by President Trump.
Poll respondents were also asked the following questions:This was the second assassination attempt on President Trump since July. Which is more likely: Are the people trying to assassinate Trump suffering from mental illness, or are they motivated by the words of Trump's enemies?”
Almost half of respondents (49%) say those trying to assassinate President Trump are motivated by the rhetoric of the former president's enemies. Even after the assassination attempt, Democrats and left-wing media often liken Trump to Hitler and label him a “threat to democracy.” Some politicians have also used inflammatory language such as: “Time to hit former President Donald Trump” and “Let’s make him disappear forever,” when talking about the Republican candidate.
Just over a third (36%) of survey respondents believe the would-be assassin suffers from a mental illness, and 15% are not sure, the survey found.
The poll found that among those who think it is “very likely” that another assassination attempt will occur, 63% believe that would-be assassins are motivated by comments from President Trump's enemies. .
By party affiliation, Republicans (63%) and independent voters (53%) are more likely than Democrats (33%) to blame extreme anti-Trump rhetoric for causing the assassination attempt on the former president. expensive.
“63% of voters who identify as conservatives blame the assassination attempt on comments made by President Trump's enemies, while 54% of liberals believe the would-be assassin suffers from mental illness,” the survey says. I think so.'' “Among moderate voters, 44% blame President Trump's opponents' comments, 38% blame mental illness, and 18% are unsure.”
The survey was conducted between September 18-19 and 22, 2024 among 1,114 likely U.S. voters. The margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points, and the confidence level is 95 percent.
