A new poll shows a majority of Americans support the Supreme Court disqualifying former President Donald Trump from national presidential voting or leaving it up to each state to decide whether to include him on the ballot.
Almost a third, or 30 percent, of respondents ABC News/Ipsos investigation Twenty-six percent of respondents said they thought judges should order Trump to be removed from ballots nationwide, while 26% said the issue should be left to state election officials. Additionally, 39% of Americans surveyed said they think the Supreme Court should order all states to continue voting for Trump.
More than half of survey respondents (53%) said they believed the nation's highest court justices would rule on this issue based on the law, and 43% said they believed the nation's highest court judges would rule based on their political views on Trump. He said he thought he would make a decision.
Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court and Maine's Secretary of State each ruled that Trump was under the 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause for his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The court ruled that it would be prohibited from appearing on each state's ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the former president can be disqualified in Colorado, and a decision is expected shortly after hearing arguments on February 8th.
President Trump has appealed the Maine Secretary of State's ruling, which will now go to Kennebec County Superior Court. The case could eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dozens of other challenges to President Trump's eligibility to appear on the 2024 election ballot under the 14th Amendment have been filed across the country, many in lower courts. has been rejected.
A new poll finds more people say they support the criminal charges Trump faces over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election than support the decision to exclude him from the primary ballot. There were slightly more people.
Fifty-six percent of respondents said they supported criminal charges against the former president, but less than half, 49%, supported the Colorado and Maine rulings.
of A survey was conducted The survey was conducted in English and Spanish on 2,228 adults between January 4 and 8, and had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
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