New poll reveals what voters think will happen in NY vs Trump

Nearly two-thirds of voters expect former President Trump to be convicted on some charges in the unprecedented criminal trial.

A national poll of registered voters by Suffolk University and USA Today found that 65% of registered voters want the former president to be convicted of some of the approximately 30 state felonies he faces in his trial in New York City. I expected to receive it. The first former or current president in U.S. history.

Trump is charged with falsifying business records related to hush money payments he made to Stormy Daniels during the 2016 campaign to keep quiet about his alleged affair with an adult film actress. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen paid Daniels (her real name Stephanie Clifford) $130,000 in hush money in 2006 to keep her quiet about her alleged affair with Trump. .

The former president has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual contact with Daniels, as well as falsifying business records.

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The poll, released Tuesday as Daniels took the witness stand for the first time in a major trial, found that half of those questioned said Trump would be convicted on some, but not all, charges. It shows that you believe that. Fifteen percent expect the former president to be convicted on all charges, and 23% expect him to be acquitted on all charges.

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“This poll will set expectations for the rest of the trial and verdict in terms of what voters will see, which could be very different from what the jury sees.” said the person in charge. Suffolk University Center for Political Research David Paleologos told Fox News.

Forty-four percent of those surveyed said the trial so far was not fair, and 39% said Trump received a fair trial. 16% were undecided.

Former President Trump stands in court during a criminal trial in New York City on May 7, 2024. (Reuters/David Dee Delgado/Pool)

“Fairness has declined along party lines, with 76% of Democrats saying Trump received a fair trial, while 80% of Republicans say the trial was not fair.” “We are doing this,” Paleologos said in the spotlight. “On the issue of fairness, independents were split down the middle at 37% and 24% were undecided.”

President Trump has continually criticized the trial as unfair in press conferences, interviews and social media posts. And he has also repeatedly criticized prosecutors, judges and witnesses in the case.

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New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan Marchan recently found Trump in contempt nine times for violating a gag order that prohibits the former president from making comments or targeting jurors or witnesses.

And on Monday, Marchan ruled that Trump had violated the gag order again, warning that he would consider jailing the former president if violations continued.

Former President Trump boards a plane after speaking at a campaign rally in Freeland, Michigan, on May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancia)

Mr. Trump and his lawyers say the gag order violates not only his First Amendment rights, but also the First Amendment rights of his supporters, and the former president and would-be Republican presidential nominee is banned. He argued that he should not be bound by oral orders.

The case has partially sidelined Trump from campaigning, as he faces President Biden in the 2024 election.

The USA Today Suffolk University poll was conducted from April 30 to May 3 among 1,000 registered voters nationwide. The overall sampling error for the survey is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

FOX News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

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