A slim majority of Republicans, or 50 percent, announced they support the party more than they do Trump, the survey finds. Yet that’s down from 58 percent in May.
The former president continues to wield immense influence over the Republican Party. He has heavily impacted the defeat of eight out of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, either by pressing them to resign or backing primary challengers.
The most high-profile loss came last week, when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), arguably his fiercest critic in the GOP, was defeated by over 40 points from a Trump-endorsed challenger.
Trump saw Republicans rally behind him this month yet again after the FBI searched his home in connection to a probe into whether he violated the Espionage Act, among other statutes, by taking classified documents home with him upon leaving the White House.
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Republicans decried the unprecedented search of a former president’s home, calling it a politically motivated witch hunt.
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Trump is further fending off a congressional investigation into the Capitol riot, which the panel of lawmakers has argued was incited by the former president after he failed to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Most Americans, or 57 percent, say the investigations into Trump should proceed, according to the NBC News poll.
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Meanwhile, Trump has been an influential factor in a number of primary elections this season. He helped defeat four of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach him for incitement of an insurrection over the Capitol riot. Four others chose not to run for reelection while the other two endured their primary challenges.
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Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), who has been maybe the most vocal Trump critic on the Right, lost her primary election to Trump-supported Hariet Hageman by over 40 points last week after the former president instructed Wyoming voters to “Fire Liz” earlier this year.
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Despite Trump’s recent boost among Republicans, 57 percent of Americans say the various investigations into Trump should continue, according to the NBC News survey, including 92 percent of Democrats, 61 percent of independents and 21 percent of Republicans.
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