{"id":1469,"date":"2026-06-09T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:39:15","slug":"party-over-purity-us-voters-unlikely-to-turn-backs-on-troubled-candidates-reuters-ipsos-poll-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1469","title":{"rendered":"Party over purity: US voters unlikely to turn backs on troubled candidates, Reuters\/Ipsos poll finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) &#8211; Few Americans would abandon their party&#8217;s candidate over controversies such as Democrat Graham Platner&#8217;s \u200bNazi-linked tattoo in Maine or Republican Ken Paxton&#8217;s fraud indictment in Texas, according to a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll, highlighting deep partisan divides that make winning paramount.<\/div><div>Two-thirds \u200cof party-aligned respondents said they sometimes have to vote for a candidate they don&#8217;t like just to stop the other party from winning power, according to the six-day poll completed on Monday.<\/div><div>That principle will be put to the test in a Maine primary election on Tuesday, when Democratic oyster farmer Platner hopes to become a candidate for a Senate seat seen as crucial to Democrats&#8217; hopes of winning a majority in that chamber in November.<\/div><div>In a \u200bnationwide poll, just 17% of Democrats familiar with Platner said his tattoo of a Nazi-style skull-and-crossbones would stop them from voting for him if they could vote in \u200bMaine&#8217;s election.<\/div><div>The same share of Republicans nationwide said they would refrain from voting for Texas Attorney General Paxton, who was indicted a decade ago \u2060on charges of defrauding investors, if they could vote in the state&#8217;s Senate election in November.<\/div><div>Either election could help determine which party controls the Senate, where Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority. Campaigns for \u200bPlatner and Paxton did not respond to requests for comment.<\/div><div>The poll gathered responses from 4,531 U.S. adults nationwide, including 546 Democrats familiar with Platner and 712 Republicans familiar with Paxton. \u200bIt had a margin of error of 2 percentage points for respondents overall and 4 points for Republicans and Democrats familiar with the two candidates.<\/div><h2>LESSER OF TWO EVILS<\/h2><div>Some 76% of poll respondents, including similar shares of Democrats and Republicans, said they often had to vote for the lesser of two evils in U.S. elections.<\/div><div>Platner has apologized<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> for the chest tattoo, which he says he got while drinking with fellow Marines \u200bnearly two decades ago. He said he was unaware the tattoo&#8217;s design was associated with Nazis and covered it with another tattoo last year after he launched his campaign.<\/div><div>The Reuters\/Ipsos survey \u200bwas conducted as further scrutiny fell on Platner, including reports that he exchanged sexually explicit messages with women while he was married. Platner has apologized publicly for the text messages, while calling reports \u200cabout them and \u2060other past behavior politically motivated.<\/div><div>Despite the controversies, Platner is seen as a strong contender to oust Republican Senator Susan Collins. Platner has campaigned with a populist message that Maine has become unaffordable for working-class people, and he has won endorsements from heavyweight allies including Chuck Schumer, a moderate and the top Democrat in the Senate, and Bernie Sanders, a progressive independent U.S. senator who caucuses with Democrats.<\/div><div>Platner&#8217;s rise reflects increased political polarization in America, with voters feeling they &#8220;just have to focus on not putting the other side in power,&#8221; said Mia Costa, a \u200bDartmouth College political scientist who studies political \u200bpsychology and partisanship.<\/div><div>While Paxton triumphed in the \u2060state&#8217;s primary election after winning President Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement, he will face a tough general election opponent in Democrat James Talarico.<\/div><div>After his indictment, Paxton was impeached by the Texas House, and last year his wife filed for divorce on biblical grounds. He has denied all wrongdoing \u200band says the allegations against him are politically motivated.<\/div><h2>INDEPENDENT FACTOR<\/h2><div>A wildcard in both the Maine and Texas races will be the power of \u200bindependent voters. Six in \u206010 poll respondents who described themselves as unaffiliated with either party said their vote was more likely to reflect their support of the candidate on the ballot.<\/div><div>\u201cThe more &#8216;normie&#8217; candidate, as some people call them, will be trying to prevail among independents by pointing to the flaws of the candidate with issues,\u201d said Cal Jillson, a political science professor at Southern Methodist University.<\/div><div>Talarico&#8217;s campaign \u2060on Monday touted \u200bthe Democrat winning the endorsement of Dan Cogdell, Paxton&#8217;s former defense lawyer.<\/div><div>Some Democrats &#8211; including U.S. Senator Mark Warner \u200bof Virginia &#8211; say Platner has followed in the footsteps of Trump, who also overcame controversy during his political ascent.<\/div><div>&#8220;Trump set a new standard,&#8221; Warner said on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; on Sunday. &#8220;Whether that low standard is what we ought to \u200bproceed with, I think it&#8217;s going to be again in the hands of the voters.&#8221;<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Jason Lange\" class=\"wp-image-9\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/a8d647782541686b4c9068dd2dfa6f30.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Jason Lange<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Nolan D. 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