Most people say former President Donald Trump should go to trial for his various cases regarding classified documents and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election prior to the 2024 contest, in which he appears likely to be the Republican nominee.
According to a new POLITICO Magazine/Ipsos poll, 62% of people said they believe Trump should stand trial for his storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, for which he was indicted in June, prior to the 2024 presidential election in November. Sixty-one percent also believed he should stand trial for cases regarding alleged attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election, which he was indicted for this month, prior to the 2024 contest.
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Most people claimed to understand somewhat or very well the charges laid out against the former president. However, fewer respondents said so than when measured in June. More indictments have been handed down since the June survey.
Further, more than half of Americans said the trials should take place before the primaries in 2024, which are less than five months away.
According to the poll, 59% said the federal case for subversion of the 2020 election, brought by special counsel Jack Smith, should happen before the 2024 primary contests. Slightly less, 57%, believed the case on classified documents should go to trial before the primaries.
Partisan divides on the question, however, are deepening. Fewer Republicans now think Trump should stand trial earlier, with only 33% saying he should face a judge before the November election. In June, this number was 46%. Democrats still overwhelmingly believe the trial should happen before the presidential election.
Independents, though, increasingly think the trial should occur before the presidential election in November. According to the poll, 63% said so, and only 14% disagreed. Twenty-two percent reported they didn’t know. Only 48% believed the trial should happen before the 2024 presidential contest when asked in June, and more were unsure.
When the initial survey was released in June, the Trump campaign, along with an associated pollster, McLaughlin and Associates, blasted the Politico and Ipsos survey, claiming that its methodology was “flawed.”
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In a memo shared by the Trump campaign, the pollster said, “It’s not from a voter list, it didn’t screen for likely voters, and it’s not even registered voters.” It further claimed the survey oversampled Democrats, “leading to skewed results that are anti-Trump and in favor of Democrats.”
At the time, a Politico spokesperson responded, “Perhaps the Trump campaign thinks it’s ‘different from most election polls’ because it wasn’t really an election poll, rather a survey that mainly focused on what Americans (including those who may not vote) think about the former President’s indictment and potential criminal trial. The methodology of the poll is transparent and published so that readers — including the Trump campaign — can make their own assessments and conclusions.’”
