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Tom of Temecula

(1,304 posts) Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:37 AM Apr 17

YouGov poll: 57% of Americans -- a new high -- say Trump's alleged crimes are 'serious' as hush money trial begins

As the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president kicks off this week in Manhattan, more Americans than ever before (57%) say the underlying crimes that defendant Donald Trump has been charged with — “falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to a porn star” — are “serious,” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

That number is up six percentage points from the last time Yahoo News and YouGov asked about the hush money case, in December 2023. The previous high was 54% in September 2023. The survey of 1,746 U.S. adults, which was conducted from April 11 to 15, found similar increases in the perceived seriousness of Trump’s other alleged felonies as well:

Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73%, a new high) now say that “conspiring to overturn the results of a presidential election” is a serious crime, up from 66% in December. A full 69% (another new high) now say “taking highly classified documents from the White House and obstructing efforts to retrieve them” is a serious crime, up from 63% in December. And the same share (69%) now say that “attempting to obstruct the certification of a presidential election” is a serious crime, up from 64% in December.

A majority of Americans, meanwhile, say Trump should not be allowed to serve again as president if convicted in the hush money case (51%) — a number that includes 16% of Republicans. Just 34% of Americans say he should be allowed to serve again if convicted in the Manhattan case.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-newsyougov-poll-57-of-americans--a-new-high--say-trumps-alleged-crimes-are-serious-as-hush-money-trial-begins-191300785.html

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YouGov poll: 57% of Americans -- a new high -- say Trump's alleged crimes are 'serious' as hush money trial begins (Original Post) Tom of Temecula Apr 17 OP

...and the trial hasn't even really started yet. nt Buns_of_Fire Apr 17 #1

We're proceeding chronologically bucolic_frolic Apr 17 #2

Chump is toast, of course FakeNoose Apr 17 #3

I have been doing yougov Tree Lady Apr 17 #4

The usual 34% GoodRaisin Apr 17 #5

It won't require a conviction to peel voters from TSH. LiberalFighter Apr 17 #6

Funny - I had a YouGov poll JustAnotherGen Apr 17 #7

Buns_of_Fire

(17,219 posts)

1. ...and the trial hasn't even really started yet. nt

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 05:46 AM

Apr 17

bucolic_frolic

(43,588 posts)

2. We're proceeding chronologically

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 06:41 AM

Apr 17

E. Jean Carroll case
tax fraud case
election interference hush Stormy case
Georgia EC case, then the J6 case, and then on to what he did when out of office in the classified documents case. Only thing uncovered so far is what he did while in office, including the Barr fixer/Unitary Executive guy, and I wonder where SCOTUS will weigh in on immunity.

BTW, did they catch the bomber yet? It's in the J6 Bundle.

FakeNoose

(32,930 posts)

3. Chump is toast, of course

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 12:32 PM

Apr 17

But these media polls make you wonder ... just who are they asking these questions? How are they qualifying the responses? It's amazing to me that the response isn't 99% against Chump.

It seems that Yahoo News isn't making much effort to exclude Russian trolls and MAGA cultists.

Tree Lady

(11,548 posts)

4. I have been doing yougov

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 01:03 PM

Apr 17

which used to be polling point for almost 20 years. Most polls are about products and I started it for fun and continued because they tend to swing conservative so wanted my side in there. I missed this poll.

I always wonder how they can get a fair rating on any of their polls because they know from all of my past polls that I am a democrat, they ask, and they also ask if you are a strong one or not. Of course I am.

So they must take a certain percentage of people who answered like that for right, left and independent and hopefully people are changing.

GoodRaisin

(8,943 posts)

5. The usual 34%

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 01:09 PM

Apr 17

LiberalFighter

(51,410 posts)

6. It won't require a conviction to peel voters from TSH.

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 02:34 PM

Apr 17

Biden won with 51% of the vote in 2020.

It should impact the swing states enough to favor Biden.

JustAnotherGen

(32,077 posts)

7. Funny - I had a YouGov poll

Reply to Tom of Temecula (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 02:59 PM

Apr 17

Pop up to get through to an article yesterday on the Economy. Not here - but elsewhere.

I'm not very intrigued by their polls. I feel like they 'see me'.

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