Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Sept. 25, 2021, in Perry, Georgia.
Former 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 see former President Donald Trump continue to be a major political effigy for many years to come up, including 44% who say they would like him to run for president in 2024, co-ordinate to a Pew Enquiry Center survey of U.South. adults conducted Sept. thirteen to 19.

Near i-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 adopt he use his stature to back up another presidential candidate who shares his views in the 2024 election rather than run for office himself. Nigh a tertiary of Republicans (32%) say they would not like Trump to remain a national political figure for many years to come.

Pew Research Eye conducted this written report to empathise the public's opinions on Donald Trump's political future, including whether he should potentially run for president in 2024. This study too examines what Republicans and Democrats consider acceptable behavior for elected officials within their own parties. For this analysis, nosotros surveyed 10,371 U.South. adults in September 2021. Everyone who took function in this survey is a member of the Center'southward American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey console that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. This way nigh all U.S. adults accept a risk of choice. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. developed population past gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, didactics and other categories. Read more than well-nigh the ATP'southward 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 keep to exist a major national figure has grown 10 percent points – from 57% to 67% – since a January survey that was conducted in the waning days of his administration and in the immediate wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.South. Capitol.

Views amid Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are essentially unchanged over this time menstruation. Today, 92% of Democrats say they would not like to encounter Trump proceed to be a major national political effigy in the future, while just 7% say they would like to see this.

Among Republicans, views on whether Trump should continue to be a major political figure or run for function in the adjacent presidential election vary by age, 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 brand up a clear majority of Republicans) say Trump should be a major effigy, with half saying he should run for president in 2024. By contrast, a narrower majority (54%) of Republicans with a college degree or more say Trump should remain a prominent effigy, including merely 28% who say he should run for office in the next presidential election.

Among bourgeois Republicans, there is widespread support for Trump remaining a national political effigy: Iii-quarters adopt this, including 49% who say he should run for president once again in 2024. Moderate and liberal Republicans are more divided: 51% say he should play an ongoing political office, with 33% proverb he should run for president himself in 2024; 47% say he should not go along to play a major political office.

About two-thirds of Republicans say their party should non be accepting of elected officials who criticize Trump

A 63% majority of Republicans say their party should be not besides (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 and 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, about six-in-ten Democrats say the Autonomous 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 party should be accepting of elected officials who agree with the other party on important issues. Two-thirds of Democrats say the Autonomous Party should be accepting of Democratic officials who concord with the GOP on of import issues. A slimmer majority of Republicans (55%) say the GOP should be accepting of officials who agree with Democrats on some of import problems.

The survey also asked about the acceptability of elected officials from one 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 too or not at all accepting of officials who exercise this.

Virtually four-in-ten Democrats (41%) say their party should be accepting of elected officials in their own party who call GOP officials evil, with 13% saying their party should exist very accepting of this. Among Republicans, 46% say their party should be accepting of officials who phone call their Democratic counterparts evil, including 18% who say the party should exist 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 it is at to the lowest degree somewhat acceptable for Republican elected officials to openly criticize Trump, down from 43% earlier this year.

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

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

CORRECTION: (December. xx, 2021): In the chart "Demographic, ideological differences within GOP over Trump's future political role in the U.Due south.," the historic period characterization for "50+" has been updated to correct a typographical mistake. This change did not touch on any findings reported in the text.

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