Donald Trump indicted: Poll finds 60% of people back Manhattan case
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Donald Trump indicted: Poll finds 60% of people back Manhattan case
Ryan King April 03, 10:58 AM April 03, 10:58 AMA sizable majority of people back the Manhattan grand jury's vote to indict former President Donald Trump, a poll found.
Even though the specific charges against Trump remain sealed, 60% of people approve of the indictment, according to a CNN survey. Nearly three-quarters of respondents argued that politics was a factor in the indictment, and 52% said it played a major role.
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The favorability of the indictment largely came down along partisan lines. Among independents, 62% approved, while 38% disapproved. Ninety-four percent of Democrats backed the indictment, including 71% who were strongly in favor. Among Republicans, 79% were opposed, with 54% strongly disapproving, per the poll.
Only 10% overall believed that Trump was innocent in the ordeal, and 8% of independents indicated that Trump did nothing wrong regarding the alleged hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Some 37% argued that Trump behaved illegally, 33% unethically, and 20% were unsure, per the poll.
The survey was taken between March 31 and April 1 among a random sample of 1,048 people via text message. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points for the full sample.
Trump is facing over 30 counts from the indictment handed down by the grand jury last week, according to multiple reports. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office and Trump's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, confirmed the grand jury's vote last week.
Although specific charges are sealed, multiple reports suggest the case stems from a $130,000 hush money payment made to Daniels during the 2016 cycle to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump a decade prior. Trump denies both the affair and wrongdoing.
Bragg was reportedly seeking to pyramid a misdemeanor for falsification of business records pertaining to the payment with a campaign finance violation. His predecessor, Cyrus Vance, commenced the inquiry and examined broader business fraud allegations, a prosecutor who stepped down from the Manhattan office last year revealed.
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Developments from Manhattan have seemingly turbocharged Trump's 2024 campaign, driving a $4 million fundraising bonanza within 24 hours of the news, Axios reported. Preliminary polling has also indicated a surge in Trump's support among GOP voters.
Trump is expected to be arraigned Tuesday.
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