A majority of voters oppose Donald Trump's plan to pardon hundreds of his supporters who were jailed for their role in the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new Civiqs poll for Daily Kos.
Fifty-one percent of registered voters oppose Trump's plan to pardon the rioters on his first day in office—with a plurality (47%) of voters strongly opposed.
Opposition is strongest from Democrats (95%), Black voters (84%), Hispanic voters (58%), urban voters (70%), white college-educated voters (59%), and voters ages 18 to 34 (58%).
Whether a voter watches Fox News is also a good indicator of whether they support pardoning the rioters—a sign the right-wing propaganda network is making its viewers look upon the Jan. 6 criminals more favorably.
Voters who frequently watch Fox News overwhelmingly support pardoning the rioters, with 75% strongly supporting the pardons and 14% somewhat supporting the pardons. Meanwhile, 67% who don’t watch Fox News oppose pardoning the rioters, according to the survey.
