When the January 6th hearings go public, will they impact the midterms?

[JohnSJ]

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	They will help the Democrats in the midterms
	5 (45%)
	They will help the republicans in the midterms
	0 (0%)
	They will have no effect on the midterms
	6 (55%)
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[uponit7771]

1. Without massive legal consequences for treason for those involved telling America that GZP is ...

... bad is like telling us water is wet.

[SoonerPride]

2. Republicans won't care

Democrats already know the story

And the squishy undecideds won’t care either.

[Sympthsical]

3. Not as much as people think

Voters are worried mainly about the economy. Our fortunes will rise and fall based on how people feel their immediate, tangible lives are going come November. There is some periphery - the Ukraine war, the personalities of the politicians involved, etc. But how people are doing is what's going to determine if they show up and what lever they pull.

Anecdotal, but I can honestly say I never ever hear anyone care or talk about January 6th outside of social media bubbles, Twitter, and news junkies who watch a lot of cable news. It never comes up in conversation. Mark Meadows, Mike Lee. I have never had those names uttered to me by a person outside of the political internet.

The country's massively partisan. Republicans won't care, and the amount of movement you'll see in independents probably won't be some massive shift. Will January 6th hearings really get people who weren't going to vote suddenly running to the polls? Or will people perceive it as a partisan slapfight that has no bearing on their everyday?

I don't see it mattering or being this huge deal. The people who live for news and discussion about it were already going to vote. Watching January 6th discussion is like watching fans of Better Call Saul. The new season premiering is a big deal and talked about on just about every television related website around. Discussion about the premiere is literally everywhere I frequent online.

People who don't watch the show? They do not care. January 6th will go similarly, I think. Maybe I'm wrong. I don't think I am.

[JohnSJ]

6. Unfortunately I think your analysis is correct.

It has dragged on for over a year, and the typical American attention span can't focus that long

The same applies with the DOJ approach to the higher up involvement in the insurrection.

It needs to still happen, but I think the damage that the trump years did will take decades to recovers from, and unbelievably, at least according to the polls, it appears the republicans are going to be rewarded for their malfeasance and abuse

[Sympthsical]

11. I'm prepared to be happily surprised

I just don't expect to be.

[JohnSJ]

13. same here

[forthemiddle]

14. I agree 100%

Republicans already believe it is purely political, Democrats already believe it is purely justified, and those in the middle really don't care.
If there are charges sent, it will probably invigorate the Republicans even more. Democrats are, hopefully, already going to vote, so this really won't change them.
I honestly do not see any outcome that would change anyones mind. The media is already covering the January 6th trial outcomes, and I don't see that changing anyone's mind.

I will happily eat my words if I'm wrong!

[Amishman]

19. agreed, your average voter is a short sighted, shallow thinker

what matters is how their lives have been going for them recently.

[Emile]

4. These hearings are not about if it helps the Democratic party

in the midterms! Actually it is offensive to our Democratic Republic to make it so.

[JohnSJ]

9. Whether it is offensive or not, the question is will they have an impact one way or the other?

I will tell you what I think is offensive. An insurrection against the United States to overturn an election, that was supported by at least 50% of the Congressional republicans, that according to the current polls, the republicans are going to be rewarded in the midterms in spite of this.

The fact is many republicans are actually running on this, calling the "insurrectionists" patriots.

That is offensive

[sop]

5. If nothing comes of it, if it's just a repeat of the Mueller Report and Impeachment I and II,

it will hurt the Democrats' chances in the midterms.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Not as much as people hope.

[brooklynite]

8. The average voter isn't as fixated on January 6 as the blogosphere is...

They care about kitchen table issues and will vote on that basis.

[JohnSJ]

10. Actually according to the PEW research, republicans believe their midterm vote is a vote against

Biden

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/24/republicans-more-likely-than-democrats-to-say-partisan-control-of-congress-really-matters/

and according to the current polls, unless something changes dramatically, we are going to get slaughtered in the midterms in both houses

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. I think the effect will be minor and limited to close races in swing districts

We shall see.

[JohnSJ]

16. yes, if that even

[kentuck]

15. Not the hearings so much, but if the DOJ charges a few Republicans...

I guarantee it will get their attention.

[JohnSJ]

17. Should I hold my breath?

[brooklynite]

18. If by "Republicans" you mean "Congressmen and Senators" that's extremely unlikely.

Despite allgegations of offering insurrectionists tours of the Capitol, there's been no hard evidence suggesting foreknowledge or assistance for the planning.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

21. Not expecting any effect

Most voters don't care about January 6th.