Public split on whether Trump should face prison time for hush money conviction

Published July 8, 2024 10:56am ET



The country is evenly divided on whether former President Donald Trump should serve prison time for his felony conviction in the New York hush money case, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Half of the survey respondents think Trump should not be sentenced to time in prison, while 48% think he should, according to the poll. Opinions are heavily split along partisan lines, with 78% of Democrats in favor of the former president spending time in prison and 86% of Republicans opposed.

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