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FLASH POLL - Trump Hush Money Trial Results

May 31, 2024

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  • Voters are split as to whether Trump’s legal issues are fair and unbiased or politically motivated – 83% of Republicans say they’re politically motivated, while 78% of Democrats say they’re fair. Independents lean towards fair and unbiased at 52%.
  • A slim majority of voters think the trials should have been moved from heavy Democratic jurisdictions like New York and Atlanta to avoid biasing the trials against Trump.
  • 2 in 3 voters say they were paying close attention to the Trump’s  New York trial.
  • A majority of voters say Trump was mostly guilty of the crimes he was just convicted (57%), including 91% of Democrats, 60% of Independents. 1 in 5 Republicans say they think Trump was mostly guilty.
  • By a 2 to 1 margin, undecided voters think Trump is mostly guilty and that he received a fair trial presided by a fair judge and decided by a fair jury.
  • 46% of undecided voters think he should get a prison sentence
  • Trump felony decision doesn’t change the horserace – still largely tied.
  • Trump 43% vs Biden 42% vs. 14% undecided
  • Undecideds still splitting 50/50 for Biden and Trump despite saying that they think Trump is guilty
  • Country split on the fairness of the trial despite thinking Trump was guilty
  • 49% say Trump trials are fair and unbiased vs. 51% who say they are politically motivated
  • 54% would have wished the trial wasn’t held in a deep democratic jurisdiction
  • Nevertheless, 57% say Trump was mostly guilty … including 60% of independence
  • Over half do not want Trump to get a prison sentence
  • On net verdict doesn’t change people’s minds
  • On net, plurality of 44% say verdict doesn’t change their mind, 30% say more likely to vote for Trump, 27% to vote for Biden
  • Republicans +46% say more rather than less likely to vote for Trump
  • Democrats +31% say less likely to vote for Trump
  • 51% of independents say no impact on their vote (and only slightly more likely to reject trump +6% than support him)

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