Cracks are showing in the support for former President Donald Trump after eight public hearings by the Jan. 6 committee, although he remains the man to beat for the 2024 Republican nomination.
Mr. Trump’s favorability ratings have slipped in public polling since the hearings began in June. Last April, the former president was underwater — the difference between voters who like him and those who don’t — by only 3.5 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of polls.
By last Friday, after the eighth hearing by the House select committee investigating the pro-Trump riot at the U.