56% voters don't want Trump to run for president again, 49% say he should have been convicted: Poll
Former president Donald Trump remains a top leader in the Republican party even months after losing his re-election bid with a number of voices in the GOP feeling that he still can play a big role to shape its future. However, a recent poll has also suggested that not all are happy with the former president who has undergone the impeachment trial twice in a year, but eventually got acquitted by the Senate. Trump was impeached by the Democrat-controlled House in January on charges of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, which was the second time in just 13 months. He got acquitted by the Senate in February, second time since February 2020.
Invisibly has come up with a survey (between March 1-5) of 1,217 Americans using its Realtime Research tool to gauge the public sentiment on Trump. It came up with a number of interesting findings. According to the poll, 56 per cent did not feel Trump should be allowed to run for the White House again even as speculation over him doing the same in 2024 is growing rife. Only 44 per cent felt he should be allowed to run.
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When broken down party-wise, 79 per cent of strong and 88 per cent of moderate Democrats felt Trump should not be allowed to run for the presidency again. On the other hand, 77 per cent of strong and 76 per cent of moderate Republicans felt he should be. In case of independents, 63 per cent said Trump should not be allowed to run for the top office while 37 percent said he should be.
55% of independents wanted Trump to be impeached
The poll also asked questions on whether Trump should have been convicted in the impeachment trial. It was evenly split as 51 per cent said ‘no’, compared to 49 per cent who said ‘yes’. Seen in terms of party affiliation, 81 per cent of strong and 87 per cent of moderate Dems said the Republican leader should have been convicted. Conversely, 88 per cent of strong and 82 per cent of moderate GOP members felt he should not have been. Among the independents, 55 per cent wanted the former president to be convicted while 45 per cent did not.
People were asked about their political affiliation in an increasingly polarized political environment. Eighteen per cent identified themselves as strong Republicans while 13 per cent as moderate ones. Twelve per cent of the Democrats, on the other hand, called themselves strong while 16 per cent moderate. However, 41 per cent called themselves independent or other.
The survey also focused on people’s age and found that it played a major role in determining people’s political affiliation. Sixty-four per cent of the strong Democrats belonged to the age group of 18-24 while only 5 and 6 per cent of moderate and strong Republicans, respectively, belonged to the age group of 25-40. Among the strong Republicans, also, the age group of 18-24 saw the most number of supporters — 47 per cent. The largest percentage of independents — 38 per cent — were equally split between the age groups of 18-24 and 55 plus. The remaining 24 per cent of the independents fell between the age group of 25-54.