ROANOKE, Va. – In the wake of the 2021 elections, Roanoke College conducted a poll to take a closer look at people’s views on recent issues.
From Feb. 14 to Feb. 27, The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research at Roanoke College interviewed 596 Virginians.
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The organization used random-digit landline numbers in proportion to Virginia’s population to make sure that everyone had a chance to be included and bought cell phone samples from Marketing Systems Group.
According to the organization, 61% of the completed interviews were done over a cell phone.
Below is a highlight of what the poll revealed:
Impeachment
- 50% of people who responded believed that Trump’s actions were impeachable offenses, 33% thought they were wrong but not impeachable and 13% believed he didn’t do anything wrong
- 50% thought he should have been convicted by the Senate while 44% thought he should not have been
Capitol riots and last summer’s social justice protests
- 53% saw the protestors as mostly violent; 84% viewed capitol rioters as criminals
- 68% said the anger that led to the protests was not justified at all
- In reference to last summer’s social justice protests, 35% viewed them as fully justified, 37% viewed them as partially justified and 91% viewed the looting and destruction associated with those protests as not at all justified
Covid vaccine and governmental response
- 18% of participants reported that they have already been vaccinated; 54% said they plan to get vaccinated while 23% said they don’t
- 46% said they thought state government officials have helped slow the spread of the virus while 46% said they thought that the federal government hasn’t done enough
To learn more about the poll results, click here.