"Donald Trump Was The True Winner"
Even the legacy media is acknowledging, as Newsweek did, that Donald Trump was the true winner of the January 6 commemorations. After the storming of the U.S. Capitol, GOP insiders told The Intelligencer they had lost patience with Trump, whom they predicted would face waning influence within the party. Trump's closest allies also feared that his role as the riot's catalyst would hurt his legacy and the party. However, Civiqs' daily tracking polls have shown that following the tumultuous 12 months since the riots, Trump's standing among Republicans is largely unchanged. Just before the insurrection, 83 percent of registered Republican voters surveyed said they had a "favorable" opinion of Trump. That rating stayed above 80 percent every month until August 2021, and was still as high as 76 percent by the end of December. CNN went a little farther and acknowledged that the problem isn't just with Republicans. It was only a little more than a month ...