Ten percent of Republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for Donald Trump following his felony conviction for falsifying company records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star, a Reuters poll shows. Ipsos which closed on Friday.
The two-day poll, conducted in the hours after the Republican presidential candidate’s conviction by a Manhattan jury on Thursday, also found that 56% of Republican registered voters said the case would have no effect on their vote and 35% said it this was more likely. to support Trump, who claims the charges against him are politically motivated and has promised to appeal.
The potential loss of a tenth of his party’s voters is more important to Trump than the stronger support of more than a third of Republicans, as many of the latter are likely to vote for him regardless of conviction.
