Poll: Most of Republican Voters to Join New Party Headed by Trump

A US public opinion poll revealed that most Republican voters have expressed a willingness to move to a new party led by former president Donald Trump.

The poll, conducted by The Hill newspaper in cooperation with HarrisX, confirmed that 64% of Republican voters participating in it responded positively to the question of whether, if Trump formed a new party, they would join it.

Nearly 32% of those said they would “likely” join a new party headed by Trump.

In contrast, 36% of Republican voters declared their likely rejection of moving to a new party headed by Trump.

The poll also indicated that 28% of independent respondents and 15% of Democratic Party supporters indicated their willingness to join a new party headed by Trump.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Trump, after leaving the White House, discussed the possibility of forming a new party that he intends to call the "National Party".

This potential move, it seems, will inflict a new blow on the Republican Party, which in the last elections lost control of the Senate, which led to the domination of the Democrats in both houses of Congress.

Last month, Trump reportedly floated the idea of starting a new political party, however, no concrete plan concerning a Trump-led third party has emerged.

"These numbers show that despite the Capitol riots Trump remains a political force to be reckoned with. He benefits from a perse base of support making up over a third of voters, voters who are attracted to him on a number of issues that are yet to be properly addressed by, and coopted by, Democratic and Republican elites," Dritan Nesho, CEO and chief pollster at HarrisX, told Hill.TV.

"If Trump were to split from the GOP and create his own party, polling suggests he might well create the second largest political party in the country, knocking the GOP down to third place,” Nesho added.

The most recent Hill-HarrisX poll was conducted online among 945 registered voters, 340 of which self-identified as Republicans. It has a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.