WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump may be in trouble with voters after his felony conviction last week, a new poll finds, as nearly half of Americans think he should drop out of the 2024 race.
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll conducted between May 31 and June 1 found that 49% of respondents think Trump should end his campaign as a result of the Manhattan jury’s verdict. Some 37% said he shouldn’t drop out and 14% say they didn’t know.
The former president was found guilty last Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The poll also found that 50% of respondents think Trump’s guilty verdict in the hush money case was correct while 27% believe it was wrong. Another 23% said they “don’t know” if the verdict was correct or not.
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But Trump’s favorability hasn’t changed much, according to the poll.
Some 31% of survey respondents had a favorable opinion of Trump, a slight uptick from 29% in a March poll. President Joe Biden’s favorability is in that same range, the poll found, with 32% favorability now compared with 33% in March.
The poll, conducted among 781 adults ages 18 and older, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll last week found that ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Trump following his conviction.
