The number of Republicans who believe Trump’s 'big lie' has fallen

Fresno CA

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As the work of the Jan. 6 committee winds down, with a ninth hearing Thursday and a final report expected soon, there are signs that its work may have moved public opinion in a few ways. First, the number of Republicans who believe the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump has dropped below the two-thirds mark. That still leaves a lot of Republicans who believe something that is not true, but the group has shrunk by several percentage points. Over the course of nine public opinion surveys between January 2021 and early June 2022, the average number of Republicans who believed incorrectly that the 2020 election was rigged was 66%. (Trump really has republicans wrapped around his little finger. It's unbecoming,) But in three polls conducted since the Jan. 6 committee held its eight hearings from June 9 to July 21, the number of Republicans who believed Trump’s “big lie” had fallen to 60%.