Voters are divided on whether President-elect Trump intends to seriously pursue his political opponents during his second term in the White House. According to new research It was released on Thursday.
In a Monmouth University poll, 48% of respondents said President Trump was seriously pursuing his political opponents, and another 47% said that was an exaggeration.
A majority of Democrats (77%) say they are taking the president-elect's comments seriously. At the other end of the spectrum, most Republicans (71%) consider these statements to be exaggerations. The survey found that only 21% of Republican voters take President Trump's statements about retaliation seriously, down more than 10 points from 33% in June.
Slightly more than half of Americans, 52 percent, say they are bothered by President Trump's efforts to suspend some laws and constitutional provisions. In June, that percentage was about 65%. Broken down by party, 77% of Democrats said it was a nuisance, significantly higher than 55% of independents. Only 23% of Republicans say they don't really care, according to the poll.
“Not long ago, President Trump said those who investigated the January 6th riot should go to prison. Still, many Americans see this as more exaggeration than intent. If he is serious, perhaps his fellow Republicans will support him or at least turn a blind eye,” said Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Public Opinion Research Institute, in a statement. mentioned in.
About two-thirds (67%) of respondents said the U.S. has become more divided since President Biden took office. The number is 70%, the same as it was at the end of Trump's first foray into the Oval Office.
According to the survey, only a small minority of voters (10%) think the nation has become more united, while 23% say polarization has remained the same.
With Trump back in the White House, about a third of voters (34%) believe the country will become more united under Trump. The poll found that just over one in four respondents said the country would become more divided, while the remaining 19% thought the problem would remain the same.
The survey was conducted between December 5th and 10th among 1,006 adults. The margin of error is 3.9 percentage points.
