Opinion Today

January 8, 2022

Cracks in the foundation
Clifford Young & Catherine Morris, Ipsos
The misinformation landscape that contributed to the events of January 6th, 2021, is still with us.

Why Republican Voters Think Americans Have to Get Over Jan. 6
Patrick Healy & Adrian J. Rivera, New York Times
Former President Donald Trump may be popular in the Republican Party, but his conduct during the attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6 earned poor marks and stood out as a troubling memory during a discussion among eight G.O.P. voters in a Times Opinion focus group this week.

‘We Barely Qualify as a Democracy Anymore’: Democratic Voters Fear for America
Patrick Healy & Lora Kelley, New York Times
One year after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a Times Opinion focus group of Democratic voters found them frustrated that President Trump’s inner circle had not been held accountable for what happened that day — but also empathetic toward some of the rioters and their frustrations with “the system.”

Voters Disapprove of Efforts to…