Half of Americans see Donald Trump as a fascist: POLL

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Half nan state sees erstwhile President Donald Trump arsenic a fascist, amplifying concerns raised successful caller days by Vice President Kamala Harris and past members of Trump's ain administration. Far less successful a caller ABC News/Ipsos canvass level nan aforesaid complaint against Harris.

Nearly two-thirds besides opportunity Trump often departs from nan truth, again much than opportunity truthful astir Harris. But Harris gets much disapproval than Trump for pandering for votes by promoting policies she doesn't intend to transportation retired -- underscoring challenges for some candidates arsenic nan fur flies successful their progressively heated statesmanlike race.

Responding to 1 of nan much incendiary salvos, 49% of registered voters successful nan nationalist study opportunity Trump is simply a fascist, defined arsenic "a governmental extremist who seeks to enactment arsenic a dictator, disregards individual authorities and threatens aliases uses unit against their opponents." Fewer than half arsenic many, 22%, spot Harris arsenic a fascist by this definition.

Harris connected Wednesday said Trump is simply a fascist, a week aft agreeing pinch an interviewer that his run is "about fascism." A erstwhile president of nan Joint Chiefs of Staff, a erstwhile main of unit to Trump and a erstwhile defense caput successful his management person been quoted precocious besides arsenic describing Trump arsenic a fascist, and nan White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday that President Joe Biden thinks so, too. Trump, for his part, many times has called Harris a fascist, arsenic good arsenic a Marxist and a communist.

Who's a Fascist?. Results Among Registered Voters.

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Results to this mobility see 44% who opportunity only Trump is simply a fascist, 18% who opportunity only Harris is simply a fascist, and 5% who opportunity some are. Just 32% opportunity neither is simply a fascist successful this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates pinch fieldwork by Ipsos.

It's communal for group to deliberation highly negatively of candidates aliases governmental figures they oppose, particularly successful nan power of a statesmanlike campaign. This finding, regardless, marks nan divisions -- and nan precocious stakes -- of this peculiar contest.

Perceptions of fascism are tied to partisanship: 87% of Democrats telephone Trump a fascist, compared pinch 46% of independents and 12% of Republicans. Harris, for her part, is seen arsenic a fascist by 41% of Republicans, 20% of independents and 3% of Democrats.

It's akin by campaigner support. Eighty-seven percent of registered voters who support Harris for president spot Trump arsenic a fascist. Many less Trump supporters, 42%, use nan fascist explanation to Harris. Among registered voters who deliberation Trump is simply a fascist, 8% support him anyway.

Interviews for this study were completed Tuesday, earlier The New York Times published an interview successful which John Kelly, a retired wide and erstwhile caput of homeland information and Trump main of staff, said Trump "certainly falls into nan wide meaning of fascist, for sure."

Veracity

Trump besides comes successful for disproportionate disapproval successful nan truth-telling department. Sixty-five percent of registered voters opportunity he often says things that are not true. Fewer, but still 49%, opportunity nan aforesaid astir Harris. Even among his ain supporters, 30% opportunity Trump often speaks untruths.

Harris gets much disapproval connected different front. Registered voters by a 15-point margin, 57%-42%, opportunity she chiefly is making proposals "that conscionable are intended to get group to ballot for her," not that she intends to transportation out. Just much than half opportunity nan aforesaid astir Trump, but it's a person margin, 52%-47%.

The 2 candidates are person successful different gauge -- whether they are chiefly trying to explicate what they would do arsenic president aliases chiefly trying to debar explaining this. It's 47%-52% (explain vs. avoid) for Harris and 48%-50% for Trump, hardly a rousing people successful either case.

Criticism of Trump connected truth-telling reflects, astatine slightest successful part, his mendacious declare that Biden did not legitimately triumph nan 2020 election. Registered voters cull this declare by a 2-1 margin, 65%-33% -- and among nan two-thirds who opportunity Biden won, 86% opportunity Trump says things that are not existent very aliases somewhat often -- including 72% who opportunity he does this "very" often.

As pinch views of fascism, attitudes connected nan candidates' truth-telling, pandering and avoiding explanations are powerfully tied to partisanship and ideology. For example, 95% of Democrats and 93% of liberals deliberation Trump often says things that are not true; 85% of Republicans and 83% of conservatives opportunity nan aforesaid astir Harris.

Still, Trump gets much disapproval connected truth-telling successful his guidelines than Harris does successful hers. Thirty-two percent of Republicans and 38% of conservatives opportunity he often doesn't show nan truth, arsenic do, arsenic noted, 30% of his ain supporters. In Harris' case, galore less Democrats (10%), liberals (12%) aliases Harris supporters (again 10%) opportunity she often doesn't show nan truth.

Crisis?

Disproportionate views of Trump arsenic a fascist and a prevaricator don't adhd up to a overmuch higher consciousness of situation if he's elected. Instead, it's precocious for some candidates: Among registered voters who don't support Trump, 68% opportunity his predetermination would beryllium a situation for nan country. Among those who don't support Harris, almost arsenic many, 64%, opportunity it would beryllium a situation if she won.

The stock of non-supporters saying it would beryllium a situation if Harris were elected is fundamentally unchanged since precocious August, though 9 percent points higher than erstwhile asked astir Biden successful September 2020 (55%). It's been mostly dependable for Trump since then.

Crisis concerns are associated pinch perceptions of fascism. Among non-supporters of Harris who telephone her a fascist, 84% opportunity it would beryllium a situation for nan state if she were elected. Among those who don't spot her arsenic a fascist, fewer, albeit still 51%, deliberation it would beryllium a crisis.

The spread is moreover much striking for Trump. Among his non-supporters, 79% of those who deliberation he's a fascist opportunity his predetermination would beryllium a crisis. That drops to 22% of those who don't spot him arsenic a fascist.

Views connected truth-telling are related to situation concerns arsenic well. Among non-supporters who deliberation Harris aliases Trump "very" often opportunity things that are untrue, astir 8 successful 10 spot their respective victories arsenic a crisis. Again this drops sharply among those who deliberation nan candidates don't show nan truth little often than that.

It's a somewhat weaker narration connected pandering. Seventy-three percent of non-supporters who spot Trump arsenic pandering deliberation it would beryllium a situation if he were elected; it's 68% for Harris.

Methodology

This ABC News/Ipsos canvass was conducted online via nan probability-based Ipsos KnowledgePanel® Oct. 18-22, 2024, successful English and Spanish, among a random nationalist sample of 2,808 adults, including 2,392 registered voters. Partisan divisions are 29%-29%-30%, Democrats-Republicans-independents, among each respondents, and 32%-32%-29% among registered voters. Results person a separator of sampling error of positive aliases minus 2 percent points, including nan creation effect, for nan afloat sample and registered voters alike. Sampling correction is not nan only root of differences successful polls.

The study was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, pinch sampling and information postulation by Ipsos. See specifications connected ABC News study methodology here.

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