NEW THIS AM FROM @CBSNewsPoll: A majority of Americans would like the Senate to vote to convict former president Trump, and the same percentage say he encouraged violence at the Capitol. cbsnews.com/news/donald-tr… 
Most Republicans still broadly value loyalty to Trump. Many current Republicans say they might even join a new party headed by him if he starts one. Most Republicans feel that efforts by Mr. Trump and some Republicans to overturn the 2020 results were justified.
Most Republicans call any GOP Senate vote to convict disloyal versus those who'd call it principled. By 3 to 1, Republicans say it's at least somewhat important to them the party remains loyal to Mr. Trump, generally, rather than not.
Views on the trial and conviction largely match views on whether or not the former president encouraged the violence. Those who think he did encourage violence favor conviction, and that's true among independents too.
The poll also asks about QAnon: Republicans who've heard of it express a little more belief, or at least uncertainty, about its ideas, rather than outright rejection. Most Democrats — but not all — say the ideas are false, according to @CBSNewsPoll.
READ THE FULL POLL RESULTS HERE: Majority favor conviction as impeachment trial begins; but many Republicans urge loyalty to Trump cbsnews.com/news/donald-tr…
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