More than half of Americans in Axios poll say an attack similar to the Capitol riots will likely happen again

• More than half of Americans say an attack similar to the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot is likely to happen again soon, an Axios poll found.
• The findings were part of an Axios and Momentive poll released on the eve of the anniversary of the insurrection.

More than half of Americans say that "events similar" to the Capitol riots are likely to occur in the near future, a new poll found.

The poll from Axios and Momentive, which was conducted during the first week of January 2022, found that 57% of Americans foresee a similar attack is likely to happen again.

And more than a third of respondents — about 37% — said they'd "lost faith in American democracy."

Only 49% of those surveyed said they still had faith in democracy.

Just a day before the first anniversary of the Capitol siege, more than 700 people have been arrested in connection with the January 6, 2021, insurrection and more than 150 have already pleaded guilty in federal court.

The January 6 riot — which featured supporters of Donald Trump who wanted to stop the certification of Joe Biden's electoral win — left several rioters dead in the aftermath. A Capitol police officer also died after he had a stroke during the insurrection.

A US House select committee was formed last year to investigate the insurrection.

The select committee contains only two Republicans, Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Rep. Liz Cheney, both of whom have been shamed by their party for their involvement in the inquiry. All other Republicans in the House have refused to work on the investigation.

Axios' poll found 58% of Americans support the committee's work, but there's a large partisan gap over approval for the investigation: 88% of Democrats surveyed said they supported the committee compared to just 32% of Republicans.