Almost HALF of Americans agree with the Justice Department’s indictments against Donald Trump – while a separate poll shows two-thirds of GOP voters say the indictments will “not change” their opinion of the ex-president
- Two new polls show what Americans think after Donald Trump’s indictment
- One shows that 48% of Americans agree with the 37 counts against him
- But another found that 76% of Republicans think it was “politically motivated.”
Most Americans agree with the charges against Donald Trump, but Republicans say the 37 counts of charges against the former president are unlikely to change their views ahead of the 2024 primary.
According to a CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday, 76 percent of Republicans polled believe the Justice Department’s indictment of Trump was “politically motivated.”
A separate ABC News/Ipsos poll, also released over the weekend, found 48 percent of Americans agree with the allegations — while 35 percent say they don’t.
The Justice Department on Friday unsealed a 49-page indictment against Trump that revealed 37 charges against him as part of an investigation into classified documents.
The impeachment against Donald Trump does not appear to be affecting the poll numbers that put him ahead of his challengers in 2024
A poll released on Sunday shows that while 48% of Americans agree with the charges against him, 35% disagree that he should have been charged
Images were also unveiled showing the former president storing boxes containing the documents at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida estate, including in a guest room and on the stage of an auditorium.
The CBS/YouGov poll shows that 61 percent of Republican voters say the impeachment will “not change” their opinion of Trump, while 14 percent said they would change their opinion of him “for the better.”
Just 7 percent said they now think “worse” about the ex-president and 2024 candidate, and 18 percent are still not sure where they stand, saying it “depends on what happens after the indictment” .
The results suggest voters who intended to vote for Trump in the 2024 primary will continue to do so after the indictment.
That’s likely because just 12 percent of Republican voters think the documents Trump had in his possession posed a “national security risk,” according to poll results.
Trump noted during his remarks at the GOP conventions in Georgia and North Carolina on Saturday that the indictment is good for one purpose: to boost his poll numbers.
“The only good thing about it is that it boosted my poll numbers significantly, can you believe that?” Trump half-joked in Columbus, Georgia.
The 49-page indictment against Trump was unsealed on Friday, accusing him of misusing classified documents after he left office in 2021 and obstructing justice
A separate poll Monday shows that 61% of GOP voters say the impeachment will “not change” their opinion of Trump, while 14% said they would change their opinion of him “for the better.”
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was invited onstage by Trump during his speech, added, “This is something you know, this is something I know — President Trump is beating Biden in poll after poll.”
“Let’s bring Trump back to the White House for another four years,” she told the crowd as she broke into a chant of “Four more years.”
Trump said that “the ridiculous and baseless charges … will go down in history as one of the worst abuses of power in history.”
“This brutal persecution is a travesty of justice,” Trump said. “You’re watching Joe Biden.” [try] jailing his leading political opponent — an opponent who vastly outstrips him in the polls — just as they do in Stalinist Russia or communist China. No difference.’
“Our country has become very bad. Just think about it – in three years.’