“But there is something distinct about MAGA Republican identifiers. “There are not bright lines between the three categories,” said Western Carolina University’s Cooper. Respondents were asked to rate how well the labels fit them on a scale of 1= “not at all” to 10= “completely describes me.” Nearly three-quarters of respondents picked a 6 or higher for more than one label. The study’s poll gave self-identified Republicans the option to choose among the labels Traditional Republican, America First Republican and MAGA. Others are eager to define what it means to be a MAGA follower, but Republican voters appear to apply the label to themselves flexibly.Ĭooper at Western Carolina University was part of a study of Southern state Republicans - people in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. 6 “went so far that he threatened American democracy.” In a July New York Times survey, about a fifth of Republicans said Trump’s actions on Jan. Trump came in first with 52%, but that also meant about half of Republicans wanted another candidate. By September 2022, Trump supporters had dropped to 33%, and party supporters had risen to 58%.Ī recent Politico/Morning Consult tracking poll asked Republicans to pick their preferred 2024 presidential candidate. In January 2021, an equal number of Republican voters, 46%, said they supported Trump and the Republican Party. In a NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, support for Trump has been waning.
Since January 2021, pollsters have been asking Republican voters which they identify more with - Trump, or the Republican Party. “A MAGA Republican is first and foremost a Trump supporter, no matter what he seems to do or say,” said American University political scientist James Thurber.Ī survey of self-identified MAGA voters conducted just after the Capitol assault found they strongly believe the election was stolen and that the riot was the work of antifa, a loose collection of activists who rally against fascism and far-right groups. MAGA is the Trump brand, from campaign slogan, to red hats emblazoned with the letters, to the closing line of his stump speeches. It shows that Republican voters are divided on those points, but the differences among them are rarely crisp and clean.Īs political scientist Christopher Cooper at Western Carolina University put it, “People don’t put on the MAGA label like a pair of pants - it’s an identity that some people have more of and some people have less of.” A focus on Trump We examined data to see where Republicans stand on election denialism and sympathy for the people who breached the Capitol on Jan. “The MAGA Republicans are those people who, in fact, say that the use of violence is a legitimate tool, like what happened to the Capitol.” “MAGA Republicans are the people who refuse to acknowledge that an election took place and there was a winner,” Biden said Sept. In a recent interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” Biden went further, citing two telltale markers that he believes distinguish MAGA Republicans. Fox News commentator Kayleigh McEnany, a former Trump administration press secretary, echoed a common GOP theme, tweeting that Biden had delivered the “most divisive presidential speech” she’d ever seen.
They do not recognize the will of the people.”īiden’s insistence during the address that “not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans,” has hardly mollified his critics. “MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. “There is no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans, and that is a threat to this country,” Biden said. Biden offered his take in a Sept.1 speech in Philadelphia. MAGA - Trump’s trademark Make America Great Again 2016 campaign slogan - is subject to interpretation. The dispute over what it means to be a MAGA Republican has given the GOP an opening to accuse President Joe Biden of “ smearing” half the voters in the country - the roughly 47% of those who voted in 2020 for former President Donald Trump.
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