A new poll has found that 52% of Americans think Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas should recuse himself from all cases related to the 2020 election.
This comes after it was revealed last week that Thomas' wife Ginni had sent texts to her husband about overturning the election in favor of former President Donald Trump.
The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac, was released on Wednesday and found that most Americans feel the Justice should step back from any legal proceedings involving the 2020 election.
When getting responses for the poll, Quinnipiac told respondents, "it's been reported that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, communicated with former President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, urging him to pursue efforts to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election victory."
Feelings around Thomas recusing himself rely heavily on which side of the aisle Americans flock to, with 79% of Democrats, 53% of Independents, and 28% of Republicans thinking he should.
Among respondents, 39% said he should not recuse himself, while 9% responded that they were unsure.
Thomas has seen growing levels of criticism for his wife's political activism and its potential to create a conflict of interest for the judge's work on some Supreme Court Cases.
The poll found that 47% of respondents think Ginni Thomas and her political activity pose an ethical problem for her husband. Political allegiances play a big part in whether or not Americans think so, with 75% of Democrats saying it's an ethical problem and 61% of Republicans saying it isn't.
The text messages in question were between Ginni Thomas and then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2020, discovered the text messages where Thomas encouraged Meadows to push claims of voter fraud.
Ginni Thomas also wanted Meadows to work on preventing the certification of the election results, checking in with him regularly.
"Help This Great President stand firm, Mark!!!," Ginni Thomas wrote to Meadows on Nov. 10, 2020. "You are the leader, with him, who is standing for America's constitutional governance at the precipice. The majority knows Biden and the Left is attempting the greatest Heist of our History."
Quinnipiac's poll was conducted via telephone from March 31 through April 4, surveying 1,436 U.S. adults nationwide. There is a plus or minus sampling error of 2.6 percentage points.
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