Posted on 09/05/2023 11:23:28 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
Donald Trump would be found guilty by a jury over his alleged crimes surrounding the 2020 election if a trial was held today, according to a new poll.
An Emerson College survey of Washington, D.C., residents conducted between August 29 and September 2 found that 64 percent of respondents would find the former president guilty of purportedly trying to subvert the election results, while 28 percent would find him not guilty and 8 percent remain unsure.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Demographics:
I guess the poll is representative of the DC area, but what it shows is a poisoned jury pool that cannot deliver a fair verdict.
Q: If you were a member of the jury in the trial of Donald Trump, how would you vote on the charge that he used unlawful means in an attempt to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election?
Q: Regardless of your opinion about the verdict, do you think the jury at the trial of Donald Trump in DC will find him innocent or guilty?
CONCLUSION:
There is no way that this jury pool can produce a jury of "peers" required by the Constitution. They don't live in the same area as President Trump, they don't have similar work experiences as President Trump, and they don't have similar political or religious beliefs as President Trump.
Based on a poll like this, the only way for President Trump to get a constitutional jury of his peers is to get a change of venue.
-PJ
Yes,I should have specified that they’d weigh in only after it was too late to help him in 14 months.
This is good news.
The probability of 12 unanimous jurors out a population where 64 percent will vote guilty, is less than 1 in 200 for a conviction.
https://www.gigacalculator.com/calculators/binomial-probability-calculator.php
Guess everyone polled can’t be a juror.
In D.C. it's around 75%.
Thankfully, we don’t hold trials via poll.
Not in D.C, Conviction is guaranteed.
“...found that 64 percent of respondents would find the former president guilty of purportedly trying to subvert the election results...”
Talk about prejudging a case; should be sufficient to get the trial moved out of D C.
The venue and the judge put the outcome in question, regardless whatever evidence is presented.
Wow, what a valuable “poll”. No doubt put there by a Millennial.
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