A growing number of Americans believe former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial is irrelevant to his suitability for re-election, a CNN poll found Friday.
of poll This appears to confirm that prosecuting Trump to prevent his re-election is becoming less effective. “These are all Biden trials,” President Trump said Tuesday before entering the court. “This is being done as election interference. Everyone knows that.”
In less than a year, there has been a 6-point swing among Americans who say the charges in the ongoing trial, “even if true, have no bearing on his fitness to serve as president.” This was revealed in a public opinion poll.
- 2024: 45% say it is not very relevant
- 2023: 39% say it’s not very relevant
poll analyzed Investigation result:
Roughly three-quarters of voters who currently support Trump against President Joe Biden in the 2024 election say they will continue to support him even if convicted, while Trump 24% of supporters said they might reconsider their support if convicted. Trump has been charged in four separate cases, but the survey question asked about his convictions without specifying his charges. The group that might reconsider, amounting to about 12% of all voters registered at the polls, is likely to find him guilty in any of the four trials he could face between now and Election Day. If received, it would be more than enough to make a difference in a close game.
The poll also confirmed the widely held view that Trump will not receive a fair criminal trial in Manhattan.President Joe Biden won More than 86 percent of the 2020 Manhattan vote.
- Only 44% of people believed the jury selected for the case would be able to reach a fair verdict.
- 56% were skeptical that a fair outcome would be achieved
“The jurors we need to worry about are the kind of ‘Trojan horse jurors’ who hide hidden biases on social media or engage in formal charges like the one that was just removed today. is.”
Additionally, the investigation appears to support Trump’s claims that legal efforts to bankrupt and imprison him are politically motivated by the White House.
- Only 13% said Trump was treated like any other criminal defendant.
- 34% said Trump was treated more harshly than other defendants.
- 34% said President Trump was more lenient than other defendants.
- 19% said they didn’t hear enough of what they had to say
- 0% had no opinion
CNN poll sampled There were 1,212 adults from April 18th to 23rd, with a margin of error of 3.4 percentage points.
