A majority of Republican voters in the Granite State said former President Trump would still be fit to serve as president even if he were found guilty on one of his four criminal charges, according to a Washington Post exit poll. ing.
new hampshire preliminary vote A poll found that 87 percent of President Trump voters would still support his candidacy even if he was convicted.
Republicans who voted for Republican rival Nikki Haley were more likely to oppose the idea that Trump would remain in office if convicted. About 84% of respondents said Trump would be unfit for the White House if convicted, while 12% of Haley's supporters said the opposite, according to the paper.
According to the poll, only 13% of Trump supporters say he should not remain president even if he is convicted.
The former president currently faces 91 charges in four lawsuits, two of which focus on allegations that he tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost to President Biden.
Legal efforts have been stepped up, including attempts by prosecutors to speed up trials to obtain convictions ahead of elections. But Trump's team is trying to delay the process until voters cast their ballots in the general election in November.
Exit polls show that an overwhelming majority of voters who voted for Trump in the New Hampshire primary do not believe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election. The Post reported that 86% of Trump supporters do not believe the results of the last election were legitimate, and 21% say Biden definitely won.
Immediately after voting closed around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Hill/Decision Desk headquarters ruled the race in Trump's favor. With more than 170,000 votes cast, the former president received 54.6 percent of the vote, followed by her only remaining Republican challenger, Haley, with 43.4 percent.
The exit polls largely mimicked the results of entrance polls conducted last week ahead of the Iowa caucuses, which Mr. Trump easily won. A majority of Iowans who support the former president said they believed Biden's 2020 victory was illegitimate, and two-thirds said they would support the former president even if he was convicted, according to the Post. He says he believes he is suitable for the White House.
New Hampshire's results are based on 2,129 voters from randomly selected polling places in the state.
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