Support among Republican voters for allowing convicted felons to be president has risen after former President Trump’s guilty verdict in New York last week, a new poll finds. The survey, conducted …

Fifty-eight percent of GOP voters said in the new survey convicted felons should be allowed to become president if they are elected. YouGov noted that just 17 percent of Republicans held that opinion in April.

In February, 34 percent of GOP voters said criminality was among their least desired traits. Now, 19 percent say the same.

Incredible.

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    What I don’t get if a felon can be president then why are felons not allowed to vote?

    • t3rmit3@beehaw.orgOP
      11·
      6 months ago

      Conservatives never intended white people to become felons, but they also can’t give away the game by admitting that.