A majority of Americans think the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was planned, and almost half think it will be repeated, according to a new survey.
The U.S. Capitol was attacked by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021. The photo was taken by Win McNamee.
A majority of the 1,524 people who responded to the poll think the attack was planned.
Less than half of Republicans think the attack was planned, but that's still more than the number who think it was a mistake.
The vast majority of respondents said that former President Donald Trump is at least partially to blame for the attack.
Almost all of the Democrats think that Trump is to blame for the attack.
According to the poll, most Americans have been keeping up with the hearings and have been watching closely.
There is a major partisan divide on the issue of whether or not the attack will be repeated, with 70% of Democrats saying the attack will likely be repeated.
A majority of people think that Trump didn't commit a crime in his attempt to overturn the election results. Democrats said Trump committed a crime while Republicans said he did not.
The poll was done after the second hearing. Lawmakers have portrayed a coordinated effort by far-right groups incited by the former president as the main focus of the hearings. The first hearing, which the committee mostly used as a preview for later hearings, drew an audience of more than 20 million people. The three daytime hearings focused on Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost the election, his push for former Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of the election, and his attempt to get states to overturn their election results. Trump has decried the hearings as a sham and still insists that he won the election.
After holding its fifth hearing on Thursday, the January 6 committee will take a break. The hearings will be pushed until July as the committee reviews the new evidence it has received.
The hearings were delayed due to new evidence, including tapes of the Trump family.
More than 20 million people are expected to hear about the NBA finals on January 6.
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