A new Quinnipiac poll finds 55% of voters say they view the events of January 6th as an attack on democracy that should never be forgotten, while 39% say too much is being made of the storming of the U.S. Capitol and it is time to move on.
The partisan breakdown: Democrats say by 84% to 12% and independents by 54% to 42% that the January 6th storming of the Capitol should never be forgotten, while Republicans say by 74% to 18% that too much is being made of it.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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