Ahead of J6 hearing nearly 6 in 10 say Trump ‘misled’ Americans about 2020 election and blame him for attack: poll

A new poll released just hours before the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack hearing finds that nearly six in ten registered voters say then-President Donald Trump "misled" them about the results of the 2020 election, and that same number, 59%, say the former president is to blame for the January 6 attack.

Two out of three (67%) also say Trump attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Almost as many, (65%) say Trump claimed that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent without evidence.

Despite those findings, the Morning Consult/Politico poll reveals that just half of Americans (50%) say Trump should be prosecuted. 35% say what he did was not a crime. Six percent say it was a crime he should not be prosecuted for.

The poll also found that among Republicans, 52% would vote for Donald Trump if the GOP primary were held today. Coming in a distant second is former Vice President Mike Pence, at just eight percent.

Respondents were asked who is to blame for the January 6 attack (which does not call it an insurrection). More than one choice was allowed:

The people who broke into the U.S. Capitol: 81%

Social media companies: 63%

Donald Trump: 59%

News media: 57%

Republicans in Congress: 52%

Local law enforcement: 40%

State legislators: 38%

State elections officials: 37%

Democrats in Congress: 36%

Defense Department: 33%

Mike Pence: 29%

President Joe Biden: 29%

Despite more than half of Republican voters saying they would vote for Trump, just 35 percent say he should run. That may explain Trump's deeply underwater favorability ratings: Just 42% favorable, 56% unfavorable.

The Morning Consult/Politico poll was taken July 8-10 of 2005 registered voters.

The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack will hold its next hearing Tuesday afternoon starting at 1:00 PM ET.