In a second poll fielded a week after news broke about former President Donald Trump’s indictment on charges related to falsifying business records in hush money payments, the divisions among Americans regarding Trump continue to deepen. This comes as independents and people who were undecided on this issue last week look to be moving away from the former president by small margins. The poll also finds that a majority of Americans believe Trump intentionally acted illegally.
Currently, just over half of Americans (52%) view the charges against Trump as serious, up 2 percentage points from last week. Additionally, half of Americans (50%) say Trump should have been charged with a crime in this case, up 5 percentage points from last week. CONTINUED
Chris Jackson, Mallory Newall, Johnny Sawyer & Tyler Ivey, Ipsos
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