Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Sept. 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia.
Sometime 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 similar to come across sometime President Donald Trump keep to be a major political effigy for many years to come, including 44% who say they would like him to run for president in 2024, according to a Pew Inquiry Center survey of U.S. adults conducted Sept. 13 to 19.

Well-nigh 1-in-five Republicans (22%) say that while they would like Trump to go on to be a major political figure in the United States, they would prefer he utilise his stature to back up another presidential candidate who shares his views in the 2024 election rather than run for office himself. About a tertiary of Republicans (32%) say they would not like Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come up.

Pew Research Centre conducted this report to understand the public's opinions on Donald Trump's political future, including whether he should potentially run for president in 2024. This written report also examines what Republicans and Democrats consider adequate behavior for elected officials inside their ain parties. For this analysis, we surveyed ten,371 U.Southward. adults in September 2021. Anybody who took role in this survey is a fellow member of the Eye's American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nearly all U.S. adults have a hazard of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. developed population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP's methodology.

Hither are the questions used for the written 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 be a major national figure has grown ten percentage points – from 57% to 67% – since a Jan survey that was conducted in the waning days of his assistants and in the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.South. Capitol.

Views among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are essentially unchanged over this time period. Today, 92% of Democrats say they would not like to see Trump continue to be a major national political effigy in the hereafter, while only seven% say they would like to see this.

Among Republicans, views on whether Trump should continue to exist a major political effigy or run for office in the next presidential election vary by historic period, education 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 college experience or less (who make upwards a clear majority of Republicans) say Trump should be a major figure, with half saying he should run for president in 2024. Past contrast, a narrower majority (54%) of Republicans with a higher degree or more than say Trump should remain a prominent figure, including just 28% who say he should run for role in the next presidential election.

Among bourgeois Republicans, in that location is widespread back up for Trump remaining a national political figure: 3-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 proceed to play a major political role.

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

A 63% majority of Republicans say their political party should exist not too (32%) or not at all (30%) accepting of elected officials who openly criticize Trump, according to the new survey. Just 36% of Republicans say the GOP should be very (eleven%) 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, nearly six-in-ten Democrats say the Democratic Party should be very (17%) or somewhat accepting (xl%) 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 hold with the other party on important issues. Two-thirds of Democrats say the Democratic Political party should be accepting of Democratic officials who agree with the GOP on important issues. A slimmer majority of Republicans (55%) say the GOP should exist accepting of officials who concord with Democrats on some important issues.

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

About four-in-ten Democrats (41%) say their party should be accepting of elected officials in their ain party who phone call GOP officials evil, with 13% maxim their political party should be very accepting of this. Among Republicans, 46% say their political party should exist accepting of officials who phone call their Democratic counterparts evil, including 18% who say the 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 adequate for Republican elected officials to openly criticize Trump, downwards from 43% earlier this twelvemonth.

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 bulk of Democrats (57%) say this is acceptable, down from 68% in March.

Annotation: Hither are the questions used for the study, along with responses, and its methodology.

CORRECTION: (December. 20, 2021): In the chart "Demographic, ideological differences inside GOP over Trump's future political function in the U.S.," the age label for "50+" has been updated to correct a typographical mistake. This alter did not affect any findings reported in the text.

Amina Dunn is a research analyst focusing on U.S. politics and policy at Pew Research Middle.