Almost 2 in 3 in DC poll would vote to find Trump guilty in 2020 election case

Nearly 2 in 3 D.C. residents in a new poll said they would vote to find former President Trump guilty in the federal case over his efforts to remain in power in the wake of the 2020 election.

The Emerson College Polling survey released Tuesday found that 64 percent of residents in the nation’s capital said they would find the former president guilty, while 8 percent said they would find him innocent. Another 28 percent were unsure.

Majorities of both Democratic and independent voters — 69 percent and 53 percent, respectively — also said they would find Trump guilty, while Republican voters were about evenly split on how they would vote, the poll found. 

While 36 percent of Republicans said they would find the former president guilty, 35 percent said he was innocent, and 30 percent said they were unsure.

No matter their personal views, 57 percent of D.C. residents said they expect the jury to find Trump guilty. Another 10 percent said he would be found innocent, and 33 percent remained unsure, according to the survey.

Republicans and Democrats were both more confident that the case will end in a guilty verdict than independents. Sixty-one percent of Republicans and 60 percent of Democrats said Trump would be found guilty, while 48 percent of independents said the same.

D.C. residents associated with the two major parties were also more interested in serving on the jury than independents, with 61 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans saying as much. Nearly two-thirds of independents — 66 percent — said they would not want to serve on Trump’s jury.

The former president was indicted last month on federal charges related to his efforts to block the transfer of power after the 2020 election, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct the certification of the election and conspiracy against the right to vote.

The case is set to go trial in D.C. district court starting March 4.

Trump was also indicted in Georgia last month, alongside 18 others, over his efforts to overturn the results of the election in the Peach State.

The Emerson College Polling survey was conducted Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 with 500 D.C. residents and had a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points.