US President Donald Trump is looking into this after handing over the presidential medal of freedom to Celtics basketball legend Bob Cousy on August 22, 2019 at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.
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A CNBC poll conducted in the days before the indictment of former President Donald Trump finds that a large portion of Republicans want him to remain the head of their party, but a majority of Americans want him out of politics have.
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey shows that 54% of Americans want Trump to be “completely removed from politics.” That was the sentiment of 81% of Democrats and 47% of Independents, but only 26% of Republicans.
When it comes to Republicans, 74% want him to stay active in some way, including 48% who want him to remain the head of the Republican Party, 11% who want him to be a third party should start, and 12% who say he should stay. active in politics, but not as head of any party.
“If we talk about Donald Trump’s future at the moment, the survey shows that he still has this strong core support in his own party, which really wants him to remain their leader,” said Jay Campbell, a partner of Hart. Research, said. and the Democratic poll for the survey.
But Micah Roberts, the Republican poll from the poll, and a partner with Public Opinion Strategies, highlighted the change from when Trump was president. Pre-election polls have shown Trump regularly with GOP approval ratings of about 90%, meaning at least some Republicans have left Trump out.
The online poll among 1,000 Americans nationwide has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%. It was conducted on February 2-7, before Trump’s trial in the Senate due to uprising and promotion of the January 6 riots at the Capitol. In the unlikely event of a conviction, Trump could be barred by the Senate from ever holding a federal public office again.
The poll shows that Trump maintains strong support among Americans without college degrees, a key demographic for the IDP: 89% of the group want him to stay in politics, including 52% who want him to head the Republican Party stay. This is the highest percentage of any group, and a possible warning sign for Republican Party leaders should they choose to convict Trump.