Fifty percent of New Hampshire Republican primary voters believe former President Donald Trump is still fit to serve as president even if convicted, according to a CBS News exit poll Tuesday evening.
Conversely, 47 percent of Republican voters possession The opposing view is that if a former president is found guilty of any of the many charges brought against him, he would not be able to serve as president.
CBS exit polls from the Jan. 15 Iowa caucuses showed support for Trump even higher, with more than half (64%) of Republican voters saying it was up to the president to vote to convict Trump. He insisted that there would be no hindrance to the execution of the project. 31% said they did not.
CBS exit poll: Would Trump be fit to be president if convicted of a crime (among Republican primary voters)
new hampshire
Yes — 50%
No — 47%iowa
Yes — 64%
No — 31% pic.twitter.com/w3C7wBxOsg— Interactive Polls (@IAPolls2022) January 23, 2024
In a follow-up poll, CBS found that 85% of Republicans who voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday believe she is unfit to hold office if Trump is convicted. 12% explained in detail. He says yes.
Among those who voted for Trump, 86% said they would support him regardless of his conviction, while 11% would disapprove.
CBS exit poll: Will Trump be fit to be president if convicted?
haley voters
Yes 12%
No 85%people who voted for president trump
Yes 86%
No 11% pic.twitter.com/0ppNk63ftw— Interactive Polls (@IAPolls2022) January 23, 2024
CBS does not provide a study pool size, nor does it specify margins or margins of error.
The New Hampshire Republican primary is a direct showdown between Trump and Haley, and all other Republican primary candidates have withdrawn from the race, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently joining the Iowa Party. He resigned after losing nearly 30 points to Trump at the rally. .
Despite the tensions during the campaign, Mr. DeSantis offered his support to Mr. Trump after leaving office.
“While I have disagreements with Donald Trump, including the coronavirus pandemic and the elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is better than incumbent Joe Biden. That's clear,” DeSantis said. said. “I signed a pledge to support the Republican candidate, and I intend to honor that pledge.”
Not only did DeSantis exalt the former president, he also humiliated Haley. “He supports me because we can't go back to the old Republican guard, a repackaged version of the benign corporatism that Nikki Haley represents,” he added.
Ron DeSantis withdraws from Republican primary, supports Trump
Ron DeSantis / Twitter
DeSantis joins fellow former Republican primary candidates entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott in endorsing Trump.
