The majority say they are convicted at the start of the Trump indictment: poll

A majority of Americans prefer to be convicted former President TrumpDonald Trump DOJ wants to resign from most Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys: reports Trump attorney withdraws request not to hold indictment on Saturday Kinzinger in open calls to GOP senators to convict Trump in indictment MORE according to his CBS-YouGov poll released Tuesday, in his second indictment this week.

The poll found that 56 percent support the former president’s conviction, the same percentage who said they support it in an ABC News-Ipsos poll released Sunday.

The same percentage of respondents in the CBS poll also believed that the president encouraged violence by pro-Trump rioters on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol. That included 88 percent of Democrats, 21 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents. In January, Trump’s second indictment, a historic first, charged him with rebelling against the United States. The conviction would permanently prevent Trump, according to rumors that he is making a 2024 bid, from public office.

To secure the necessary two-thirds majority to convict Trump, 17 Republicans will have to support it, a result that is considered unlikely.

The results of the poll indicate that the Republican base still supports the former president and that the GOP’s nerves will vote for conviction, with 71 percent saying they would consider a vote for accusation or conviction as an act of infidelity.

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A slightly smaller percentage of Republicans, 73 percent, believe loyalty to Trump is somewhat or very important, compared to 27 percent who believe it is not too or not important at all.

The poll also examined the respective views of Republicans and Democrats among themselves and found that 57 percent of Republicans view Democrats as ‘enemies’, compared to 43 percent who view them as ‘political opposition’. In contrast, 59 percent of Democrats view Republicans as ‘political opposition’, compared with 41 percent who view them as ‘enemies’.

Pollsters interviewed 2,508 U.S. adults from February 5 to 8. The poll has an error margin of 2.3 points.