Voters think Trump should be indicted even if he wins the election: poll

WASHINGTON – A majority of Americans think it would be “wrong” for Donald Trump to let the Justice Department drop federal charges against him if he wins back the White House, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll shows.

Legal observers say there is no chance that Trump’s Justice Department will pursue the two federal cases he has asked judges to pursue as a “witch hunt” led by a prosecutor he calls “deranged.” But nearly 58% of likely voters who responded to the poll said it would be “wrong” for Trump to order the department to drop the charges, while 30% said it would be the “right thing” to do doing. Nearly one in ten has not made a decision.

A similar majority, 56%, said federal and state prosecutors should continue bringing charges against Trump if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, compared to 38% who were opposed, according to the poll. Nearly 5% have not yet made a decision.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted by landline and mobile phone from October 14 to 18, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

Some voters spoke about the importance of treating Trump like anyone else accused of a crime.

“For him to dismiss the charges against himself or bring in someone to dismiss the charges is almost a bigger crime than what he actually did,” said Steve Morrissey, 60, an engineer in Omaha, Nebraska, who is backing Harris. “No one should be above the law. It has to move forward, just like everyone else.”

But the poll sparked reactions that were as polarized as the campaign. Some voters worried about the chaos and unfamiliar territory that comes with criminal charges against the president while he is in office.

Cullie Gentry, 35, of Rankin, Texas, who works in oil fields and supports Trump, said it would be better to drop charges against the former president regardless of whether he wins or loses.

“I absolutely think he should get rid of those charges,” Gentry said. “It’s dangerous. We live like a third world country, where you persecute your political opponent.”

The pending cases against Trump include:

The responses to the USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll followed other polls that showed voters worried that Trump had broken the law and that it could affect their votes.

A September Pew Research Center poll found that 46% of voters said Trump broke the law to change the outcome of the 2020 election, and another 14% said he did something wrong, but the had not broken the law. The results were largely unchanged since April. .

An ABC News poll in May found that half of respondents (52%) thought New York’s hush-money charges against Trump were significant, with one in five saying they would reconsider their support of him if convicted would become. Trump was convicted later that month.

Trump’s lawyers have argued that if he wins the election, any trials would have to wait until after he has served his term. Judges in the cases have not yet ruled on this issue. Trump has also said he could pardon himself or fire Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith in the two federal cases.

Marcy Michaels, a retired nurse in Verona, Pennsylvania, who supports Trump, said she believed the charges would be dropped if he loses because she believes they were aggressively pursued to prevent Trump from campaigning for re-election. She said she doubted Smith would have filed charges if someone else were the Republican nominee, although Smith and Attorney General Merrick Garland said the charges were the result of following the facts and the law.

“I think the aggressiveness with which this charge was pursued was directly related to how well he did in the election to be nominated,” Michaels said. “Unfortunately, I think it is politically motivated.”

Windy Rhoads, a temporary worker for California’s Santa Cruz County who is supporting Harris, said she expects Trump will push the Justice Department to drop charges if he is elected. But she would like to see the lawsuit against federal election interference continue.

“I think that case is very strong. He incited a coup and invited people to come on January 6,” Rhoads said. “I believe he would have walked with them to the Capitol if the Secret Service had given him permission.” Trump’s driver testified before a congressional committee on January 6, 2021, that Trump requested to be driven to the Capitol that day, but the Secret Service prevented this.

Mara Mamerow, a software developer in Milwaukee who is supporting Harris, said she finds it difficult to imagine how a president could serve with felony charges hanging over him.

“Do I think he should allow these charges to proceed? Yes,” Mamerow said. “But I can’t wrap my head around it.”

Voters think Trump should be indicted even if he wins the election: poll

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