Posted on 08/03/2023 5:17:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Just under half of Republicans would not vote for former President Donald Trump in 2024 if he is convicted of a felony, according to a new poll.
In a survey conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, 45% of Republicans nationwide said if Trump was "convicted of a felony crime by a jury," they would not vote for him.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also revealed that 35% indicated that they would vote for him regardless. All others said they didn't know.
More than half of Republicans, 52%, said they wouldn't vote for Trump if he were "currently serving time in prison." Still, 28% said the former president would still have their vote.
Despite this, 75% of respondents agreed that the indictments brought against him were politically motivated. Two-thirds further said they don't believe the most recent indictment's assertion that Trump sought to perpetrate election fraud in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to special counsel Jack Smith's four new charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
Even as roughly half of Republicans say a conviction would deter their vote, the former president has seen boosts in support in Republican primary polls on each occasion that he has been indicted or received a target letter foreshadowing an imminent indictment.
In one of several posts on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump alluded to these bumps in support, saying, "I NEED ONE MORE INDICTMENT TO ENSURE MY ELECTION!"
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Hey! Julia! Do you want to bet on that?
Considering the Trump haters here on FR of all places I don’t doubt the poll.
President Trump or nothing! Julia is delusional.
...and if he skates, 100% then!
I don’t hate him. I’ll vote for him no problem. However trump or any Republican can not afford to lose 1% of the republican vote let alone 40+%
They wish.....
This shows you how many damned fool Americans with whom we have to deal. Unless SCOTUS stops this Communist incursion, Trump cannot win. IMO, RDS is the superior bet for victory.
Republicrats perhaps...........................
these charges are so obviously bogus even a non-legal person can see clearly it is pure political.
I agree with you. There really are a lot of anti-Trumpers on Free Republic. I’ve been cataloguing them for a while.
Bull S.
So you believe "brought to you by Pfizer" polls?
I will vote for President Trump even if I have to write him in. This nation is destroyed...not going to be destroyed...it’s been destroyed. Trump is our 9NLY chance of restoring it.
RDS? Are you referring to Ronald Herbert Walker DeSantis?
What happens when a large swath of the party refuses to voted for the consolation candidate?
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So people are going to let the bless Hillary’s crimes, partner with Joe’s Foreign Cash Extortion, and Get Trump Russian Op - Just Us system decide the next President?
“Hey! Julia! Do you want to bet on that?”
The only people I know who won’t vote for Trump if convicted, wouldn’t vote for Trump if none of this crap was happening.
This poll is meaningless, particularly considering how OBVIOUS it will be that Trump is being railroaded.
Well, based on some past history nearly 100% of Democrats would vote for a convicted felon.
BS! the hearing only happened a few hours ago and right away there’s a poll? Man these guys have every dot dotted and ever T perfectly. They are going to run with this fake poll until the bulls give milk! Ugh!!! Everything is choreographed perfectly!
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