New reports indicate that fewer Americans think Trump intentionally attempted to subvert the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More Americans now believe that former President Donald Trump was merely \u201cexercising his right to contest the [2020] election\u201d than they did a few years ago, while fewer believe he \u201cwent so far that he threatened American democracy,\u201d according to a newly-released survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More Americans still believe the latter over the former, but the gap between the two beliefs has closed in recent years, according to the latest New York Times\/Siena National poll<\/a> on the question. This same poll has asked registered voters the question since at least July 2022, and since then, voters have shifted toward the belief that Trump had every right to contest the election and away from the belief that he threatened democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n