{"id":11632,"date":"2023-08-16T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whia.us\/?p=11632"},"modified":"2023-08-16T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T15:01:26","slug":"americans-are-divided-along-party-lines-over-trumps-actions-in-election-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whia.us\/en\/11632\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans are divided along party lines over Trump\u2019s actions in election case"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Americans are deeply divided along party lines in their views of President <\/span>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a><\/span>\u00a0actions in the\u00a0<\/span>most recent criminal cases brought against him<\/a><\/span>, a new poll shows, with about half saying his\u00a0<\/span>alleged attempt to interfere in Georgia\u2019s 2020 vote count<\/a><\/span>\u00a0was illegal.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which was conducted before Monday\u2019s charges in the Georgia case, also shows that about half of Americans \u2014 53% \u2014 approve of the Justice Department indicting Trump over his efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

The poll finds 85% of Democrats approve of the\u00a0criminal charges brought Aug. 2 by Special Counsel Jack Smith<\/a><\/span>, compared with 47% of independents and just 16% of Republicans. Overall, 3 in 10 Americans disapprove, including about two-thirds of Republicans.<\/p>\n

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