Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Sept. 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia.
Quondam President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Sept. 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
A pie chart showing that two-thirds of Republicans want Trump to remain a major political figure, with 44% saying he should run again in 2024

Two-thirds of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they would like to see former President Donald Trump go along to be a major political figure for many years to come, including 44% who say they would similar him to run for president in 2024, according to a Pew Research Eye survey of U.Southward. adults conducted Sept. 13 to nineteen.

About i-in-five Republicans (22%) say that while they would like Trump to continue to be a major political figure in the United States, they would prefer he utilise his stature to support another presidential candidate who shares his views in the 2024 election rather than run for office himself. About a third of Republicans (32%) say they would non similar Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come.

Pew Research Middle conducted this written report to understand the public's opinions on Donald Trump's political futurity, including whether he should potentially run for president in 2024. This written report as well examines what Republicans and Democrats consider acceptable behavior for elected officials within their own parties. For this analysis, we surveyed 10,371 U.S. adults in September 2021. Anybody who took function in this survey is a fellow member of the Heart's American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey console that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way near all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. developed population past gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more than about the ATP's methodology.

Hither are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology.

A line graph showing a rise in the share of Republicans who want Trump to remain a major political figure

The share of Republicans who say Trump should continue to exist a major national figure has grown x percentage points – from 57% to 67% – since a January survey that was conducted in the waning days of his assistants and in the immediate wake of the Jan. vi riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Views among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are essentially unchanged over this time period. Today, 92% of Democrats say they would non like to run across Trump keep to be a major national political figure in the futurity, while just 7% say they would like to see this.

Amid Republicans, views on whether Trump should continue to be a major political figure or run for office in the next presidential election vary past age, instruction and ideology.

A bar chart showing demographic and ideological differences within the GOP over Trump's future political role in the U.S.

For example, 72% of Republicans with some higher experience or less (who make up a articulate majority of Republicans) say Trump should exist a major figure, with half proverb he should run for president in 2024. By dissimilarity, a narrower majority (54%) of Republicans with a college caste or more say Trump should remain a prominent figure, including just 28% who say he should run for function in the next presidential ballot.

Among conservative Republicans, there is widespread support for Trump remaining a national political figure: Three-quarters adopt this, including 49% who say he should run for president again in 2024. Moderate and liberal Republicans are more divided: 51% say he should play an ongoing political role, with 33% saying he should run for president himself in 2024; 47% say he should not continue to play a major political role.

Nearly ii-thirds of Republicans say their party should not be accepting of elected officials who criticize Trump

A 63% majority of Republicans say their party should be non as well (32%) or not at all (thirty%) accepting of elected officials who openly criticize Trump, according to the new survey. Just 36% of Republicans say the GOP should be very (11%) or somewhat (26%) accepting of officials who do so.

A bar chart showing that Democrats are more open to criticism of Biden within their party than Republicans are to criticism of Trump

By contrast, well-nigh six-in-ten Democrats say the Democratic Party should be very (17%) or somewhat accepting (40%) of Democratic elected officials who openly criticize President Joe Biden.

Majorities of Republicans and Democrats alike say their political party should be accepting of elected officials who concord with the other party on important issues. Ii-thirds of Democrats say the Democratic Party should be accepting of Autonomous officials who agree with the GOP on important issues. A slimmer majority of Republicans (55%) say the GOP should be accepting of officials who concord with Democrats on some important issues.

The survey also asked about the acceptability of elected officials from one political party calling their counterparts in the other party "evil." A majority of Democrats (57%) and about half of Republicans (52%) say their parties should be not likewise or not at all accepting of officials who do this.

Nearly 4-in-10 Democrats (41%) say their political party should be accepting of elected officials in their own political party who phone call GOP officials evil, with xiii% saying their political party should exist very accepting of this. Amid Republicans, 46% say their party should be accepting of officials who call their Democratic counterparts evil, including 18% who say the political party should be very accepting of these officials.

A bar chart showing that smaller shares now say their parties should accept elected officials who openly criticize Trump or Biden

The share of Republicans who say their party should be accepting of elected officials who openly criticize Trump has declined since March. Today, 36% of Republicans say information technology is at least somewhat acceptable for Republican elected officials to openly criticize Trump, downwardly from 43% earlier this year.

There has also been a decline in the share of Democrats who say their party should be accepting of Democratic elected officials who openly criticize Biden. A narrow majority of Democrats (57%) say this is acceptable, down from 68% in March.

Note: Here are the questions used for the report, along with responses, and its methodology.

CORRECTION: (Dec. 20, 2021): In the nautical chart "Demographic, ideological differences within GOP over Trump's futurity political office in the U.Southward.," the age label for "l+" has been updated to correct a typographical error. This change did not impact any findings reported in the text.

Amina Dunn is a enquiry analyst focusing on U.South. politics and policy at Pew Research Center.