According to a CBS poll released on Sunday, 80% of GOP voters still say former President Donald Trump should be able to be president, even if convicted.
The poll indicates that 61% of Republican primary voters won't change their view due to the federal indictment Trump faces, while 14% said will it improve their view of Trump, and only 7% said it harms their perspective of the former president.
In addition, 76% of GOP primary voters said they are more concerned that the indictment is politically motivated, while only 12% said they are more worried that the documents he kept are a national security risk, and another 12% said that both of the above concerns them.
Other results from the poll include:
- When asked if there was a national security risk if Trump did indeed keep nuclear or military documents, 38% of Republican primary voters said yes, while among the rest of the country, 80% responded positively.
- Only 20% of Republican primary voters said that if Trump is convicted over the classified documents, he should not be able to be president, while 80% said he should be able to be president.
- Trump remains with a large lead among Republican primary voters, 61% to 23% over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with no other competitor above 4%.
- In another indication of the former president's influence on the GOP, even if he were not the nominee, 74% of Republican voters said they would like a candidate similar to him, while only 26% said they would want someone different from Trump.
Interviewing for the poll was carried out both before and after the indictment was announced and made public, between June 7-10. The margin of error is ±2.7 points for the sample overall and ±5.5 points for likely Republican primary voters.
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