Majority of Americans, Overwhelming Majority of IND, GOP Called Biden Primetime Speech “Dangerous Escalation in Rhetoric”, Believe it is Designed to Incite Conflict

Overwhelming Majority of Democrats Disagree, Say Biden Speech was Acceptable Election Year Messaging—Only 18% of Democrats Think Speech was Dangerous and Designed to Incite Conflict  

(Austin, TX—September 6, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted September 2nd through September 5th of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“These numbers reveal that most voters were sickened and deeply disturbed by what they saw last week. When you couple this finding with previous polling we did indicating a majority of voters also hold President Biden responsible for America’s divisions—it’s clear that the man who promised to unite the nation has become the most divisive President in American history,” said Mark Meckler, President of the Convention of States. “When voters tell you they think that the prepared remarks of a sitting President of the United States is a dangerous escalation and was designed to incite conflict, we are living in terrifying times. Perhaps even more terrifying is the fact that a huge majority of Democrats think this was just a routine, election year stump speech.”

“This is the tyranny the founders of America foresaw, and it’s why they included an emergency provision in Article V that empowers the states to reign in an out-of-control federal government. A Convention of States needs to happen and urgently.” 

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:

https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/nat-issues-biden-speech-0905/

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Voters Say President Biden’s Primetime Speech Attacking His Political Opponents Was Dangerous and Intended to Create Conflict Amongst Americans:

• 56.8 percent of American voters believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” represents a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and is designed to incite conflict amongst Americans.

• 35.5 percent of American voters believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” is acceptable campaign messaging that is to be expected in an election year.

• 7.7 percent are not sure.

KEY INSIGHT: Nearly Two-Thirds of Independents Join a Vast Majority of Republicans in Saying President Biden’s Primetime Speech Was Dangerous and Designed to Create Conflict, Majority of Democrats Think Biden’s Speech Was Acceptable Campaign Messaging:

• 62.4 percent of Independent voters believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” represents a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and is designed to incite conflict amongst Americans. 31.2 percent believe his speech was acceptable campaign messaging, 6.4 percent are not sure.

• 89.1 percent of Republican voters believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” represents a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and is designed to incite conflict amongst Americans. 4.7 percent believe it was acceptable campaign messaging, 6.2 percent are not sure.

• 18.7 percent of Democratic voters believe President Biden’s recent primetime address to the nation in which he accused his political opponents of representing “an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic” represents a dangerous escalation in rhetoric and is designed to incite conflict amongst Americans. 70.8 percent believe his speech was acceptable campaign messaging, 10.4 percent are not sure.