David Leonhardt: “There are nonetheless many Republican citizens disgusted by means of what took place on Jan. 6. Just about part say that learning what took place that day is necessary. Virtually 20 % believe the assault to had been an try to overthrow the federal government, in line with a up to date CBS Information ballot. About 40 % imagine, appropriately, that voter fraud used to be now not fashionable within the 2020 election.”
“If Republican citizens are divided over the assault and Democrats are virtually uniformly horrified by means of it, the politicians making excuses for it stay within the minority. Applicants who base their campaigns on lies about voter fraud — as some are actually doing in Arizona, Pennsylvania and in other places — could have a tougher time profitable elections. Long run efforts to overturn an election might be much less prone to be successful.”
