Comparing President Trump and Hunter Biden, who were each convicted in criminal trials, a new poll finds that Americans are divided on whether President Trump should receive prison time.
In a survey of 1,088 U.S. adults conducted June 20-24 by the AP-NORC Center for Public Policy Research, 48% of adults said Trump, who was convicted in New York state of 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records, should go to prison, while 50% said he shouldn’t.
Nearly eight in 10 Democrats say Trump should be jailed, compared with just about 1 in 10 Republicans. About half of independents (49%) say he should be jailed, while 46% say he shouldn’t.
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Former President Trump participated in the first presidential debate at CNN’s studios in Atlanta on June 27. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The poll also found that Americans are not particularly divided on whether Hunter Biden, who was convicted of three felonies in federal court for lying about his drug use while buying a gun, should go to prison.
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Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Trump should receive prison time for his recent felony conviction compared to Hunter Biden, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Policy Research. (Associated Press)
Six in 10 American adults support convicting Hunter Biden, but the political divide is much smaller: About six in 10 Democrats and about seven in 10 Republicans support it, according to the Associated Press.
Hunter Biden was convicted of all charges by a Delaware jury. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Additionally, roughly 6 in 10 American adults believe Hunter Biden should receive prison time because of his conviction in the case, with Republicans slightly more likely than Democrats to agree that prison time is justified.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
