As congressional hearings unearth new testimony about how former President Donald Trump stoked the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, most Washingtonians say Trump bears heavy responsibility for the violence that day, according to a new statewide poll.
But deep partisan divides persist, with many Republicans denying or minimizing the former president’s culpability and some even asserting left-wing activists are more to blame.
In the WA Poll of 825 adults, 40% said they have been somewhat following the televised public hearings by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, while 57% said they are following not very closely or not at all.
The WA Poll is sponsored by The Seattle Times, KING 5, the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public, and Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication.
Conducted online July 6-10 by SurveyUSA, the WA Poll reached 825 adults, including 731 registered voters and 596 likely voters, using a population sample provided by Lucid Holdings. The respondents were weighted to U.S. Census proportions for gender, age, race, education and home ownership.
When asked to rank Trump’s responsibility for the Capitol attack on a 1-10 scale — with 10 meaning total responsibility and 1 meaning no responsibility at all — 56% assigned Trump a rating of 7 or higher. By contrast, 31% assigned Trump a rating of 4 or less.
Those ratings largely followed partisan lines, with Democrats and those describing...
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