- Around 52% of Republicans said they want to hear more about loyalty to Trump, a new CBS poll shows.
- And 44% of them said they want their primary nominees to focus on the 2020 election, per the
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The results of the poll, which sampled 2,041 adults in the US from May 18 to 20, showed that 52% of Republican voters want GOP nominees to focus on showing loyalty to Trump, CBS reported on Sunday.
Of the Republican voters polled, 44% said they want the candidates to put the spotlight on the 2020 presidential election, per the outlet. CBS' poll also found that 26% of Republican voters polled want the GOP nominees to focus on probing the January 6 Capitol riot.
Regarding issues that voters would like to see their nominees focused on, dealing with inflation emerged as the top choice among both Democrats (89%) and Republicans (90%), per CBS.
The vast majority of Democrats also said they want to hear more about taxing the wealthy (86%) and racial justice (85%), the outlet reported. On the other hand, Republican voters expressed a strong desire for candidates to focus on stopping illegal immigration (89%) and talk about traditional values (86%).
The poll also asked voters to choose descriptions of both major political parties.
According to CBS, the term "weak" trended the highest for the Democratic Party, with 51% of those surveyed agreeing with the description. By comparison, 38% of those polled concurred with "strong" and 44% agreed with "hateful" as accurate descriptors.
When it came to the Republican Party, 54% of those polled agreed that "extreme" was an accurate description of the party, per CBS. Meanwhile, 50% of those polled concurred with the term "hateful" and 46% agreed that the party is "strong."