Immediately following the attack, 64% of registered voters called the act “a threat to democracy.” A majority (60%) still say that one year later. Republicans were the most likely political group to change their minds about whether the attack represented such a threat.

Overall, the people who participated in the attack are still broadly seen as extremists and domestic terrorists. The registered voters who were surveyed in the last week apply similar labels to the people who stormed the Capitol as they did a year earlier. Compared to last year, participants in the January 6, 2021 takeover are now slightly less likely to be labeled as “anti-democratic” and slightly more likely to be referred to as “looters.”