The Daily Populous Thursday June 6th, 2024 morning edition
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New poll finds nearly half of Americans think Trump should end campaign after conviction

Show Caption Hide Caption Americans react to Trump's guilty verdict in hush money trial Americans in New York, Florida and Texas react to the news of Donald Trump's guilty verdict in the hush money trial.

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump may be in trouble with voters after his felony conviction last week, a new poll finds, as nearly half of Americans think he should drop out of the 2024 race.

A new ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted between May 31 and June 1 found that 49% of respondents think Trump should end his campaign as a result of the Manhattan jury's verdict. Some 37% said he shouldn’t drop out and 14% say they didn't know.

The former president was found guilty last Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels.

The poll also found that 50% of respondents think Trump’s guilty verdict in the hush money case was correct while 27% believe it was wrong. Another 23% said they “don’t know” if the verdict was correct or not.

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But Trump’s favorability hasn’t changed much, according to the poll.

Some 31% of survey respondents had a favorable opinion of Trump, a slight uptick from 29% in a March poll. President Joe Biden’s favorability is in that same range, the poll found, with 32% favorability now compared with 33% in March.

The poll, conducted among 781 adults ages 18 and older, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week found that ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Trump following his conviction.

z8675309z on June 5th, 2024 at 20:06 UTC »

I like to vote for presidents that are not convicted felons.

sedatedlife on June 5th, 2024 at 19:44 UTC »

Honestly thats not that high because of course democrats think he should drop out. if it was 60% plus then i would be happy.

Imacatdoincatstuff on June 5th, 2024 at 19:44 UTC »

In many other jurisdictions around the world Trump would have been asked to step down by his party for the good of the party several times over by now.

I mean as a candidate the guy comes with a metric tonne of baggage and counting.

Republicans should have ripped this bandaid off after the Access Hollywood tape.