Most registered voters say they expect former President Trump to be convicted on some or all charges in New York’s ongoing hush-money criminal trial, according to a poll released Tuesday. There is.
of Suffolk University/USA Today surveyAccording to the survey conducted from April 30 to May 3, 65.1% of registered voters expect a jury to return a verdict of guilty on all charges (14.8%) or guilty on some charges (50.3%). It has been shown that they are expecting.
Another 23.1% of registered voters said they expected Trump to be acquitted on all charges, 10.3% were undecided and 1.5% declined to answer.
President Trump has filed a lawsuit related to repaying former fixer Michael Cohen, who paid porn actor Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged affair with the former president before the 2016 election. He faces 34 criminal charges for falsifying records. This is the first of four possible criminal trials that President Trump may face.
The survey didn’t provide respondents with much information about the trial, saying only that “the Trump hush money trial in New York City is about halfway done,” and asking “yours” about what the jury’s verdict would be. Just my best guess.” Get used to it. The respondent will be given five answers from which to choose.
The poll found a clear link between party affiliation and predicted court verdicts.
85.7% of Democrats and those who lean Democratic expect Trump to be guilty of either all charges (22.5%) or some charges (63.2%) . Only 7.8% of Democrats expect Trump to be acquitted on all charges.
Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters are divided. Of these, 45.8% expect Trump to be either guilty of all charges (8.7%) or guilty in part (37.2%), and 40.7% expect Trump to be acquitted of all charges. .
The possibility of a hung jury was not among the possible outcomes.
Recent PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist Polltook place during the first week of trial testimony, indicating that many Americans are not paying attention to developments in the New York courtroom. In the poll, 55% said they were paying little or no attention to the trial, while 45% said they were paying some or a lot of attention.
The poll was conducted through telephone interviews with 1,000 registered voters. His margin of error was 3.1 percentage points.
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