Happy Sunday! We are nearly five months from the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol and there are no signs public opinion on the matter is improving. Republican elites' continued endorsement of the "big lie" that Joe Biden stole the election, demonstrated by the party's removal of Liz Cheney from her position as the party's House chair last week, has kept GOP voters' disbelief in Donald Trump's loss steady and high. A new Ipsos/Reuters poll this week
While this only helps in the future and not the present, I think mandatory civics classes including studying the Constitution should be in the high school curriculum. That hopefully would get at least some basic knowledge of civics across the population.
The path forward: depends on how successful "we" are at overcoming the state legislatures' voter suppression laws, the mobs storming state capitols, Fox News, etc.
How much of a majority believes the results of the 2020 election? Do we have numbers?
Hi Elliott,
While this only helps in the future and not the present, I think mandatory civics classes including studying the Constitution should be in the high school curriculum. That hopefully would get at least some basic knowledge of civics across the population.
-Elliot
The path forward: depends on how successful "we" are at overcoming the state legislatures' voter suppression laws, the mobs storming state capitols, Fox News, etc.