Just 5 percent list January 6 as top memory of Trump presidency: survey

Just 5 percent of registered voters cite the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol or former President Trump’s alleged election subversion efforts as the most prominent memory of their time in the White House, according to an analysis of one published research Monday.

Researchers from The New York Times and Siena College asked respondents to describe something they remember most about Trump’s presidency. January 6 and COVID-19, two of the most significant events in recent US history, fell to the bottom of the list, at 5% and 4%, respectively.

Thirty-nine percent mentioned something related to Trump’s behavior, 24 percent mentioned the economy, 9 percent mentioned immigration and 5 percent mentioned foreign policy.

“It’s the relevance of current issues that colors people’s memories of Trump,” John Sides, a political science professor at Vanderbilt, told the Times.

More than a third of respondents described a negative memory, and the same share described a positive memory, the Times noted, adding that some memories could not be clearly categorized.

Those who shared negative memories more frequently said they remembered Trump’s behavior more. The Times gave examples of some of the responses grouped in this category: “He was the biggest liar of all time”; “His dislike of black people”; “The terrible things he did to women”; “Chaos and corruption”; “The disgrace he brought to this country”; “Your straightforward way of doing business”; “I remember him using Twitter a lot”; and “He got things done and kept his campaign promises.”

Those who shared positive memories most often said they remembered the economy most. Examples of this category include: “The economy”; “The economy was a little better than it is now”; “The economy was in much better shape than it is now”; “Gas was cheap and we used our own oil”; “That he distributed stimulus checks”; “Tax cuts for the rich”; “Tax reduction”; “Good economy, no wars.”

Registered voters who cited January 6 or COVID gave some of the following responses: “When he refused to hand over power”; “He should be in prison for the January 6 incident”; “involvement in the January 6th riot in the capital”; “January. 6 and his reluctance to accept the election results”; “Your anti-science views; he called Covid a liberal hoax”; “He called Covid-19 a hoax and was a constant liar”; “Total incompetence in handling the Covid-19 crisis”; and “Negligence in providing accurate information about Covid”.

The survey was carried out with 1,059 registered voters between April 7th and 11th and had a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points.

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