The CBS News and YouGov poll shows that Trump leads his top primary opponent, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, by almost 40 points. Sixty-one percent of GOP voters said they would support Trump, while 23 percent said they would vote for DeSantis. Former Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) received 4 percent of the vote, while former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley received 3 percent.
When asked how Trump's recent federal indictment will change their view on the former President, 61 percent said it "won't change," while 14 percent voted "for the better." Eighteen percent answered it "depends," compared to 7 percent voting "for the worse."
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Responding to the question, "If convicted over classified documents, Trump should be able to be president or not be president," 80 percent of respondents voted that Trump should be able to be President, compared to 20 percent voting that he should not, data shows.
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According to the poll, 76 percent of respondents say the indictment was politically motivated, while 12 percent said the documents were a risk to national security. Twelve percent voted that the Mar-a-Lago documents case was politically motivated and threatened national security.
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When asked what candidates they would consider voting for right now, 75 percent of respondents said they would think Trump, while 51 percent said they would consider DeSantis. Twenty-one percent of respondents said they would vote for Scott, 16 percent said they would vote for Pence, 15 percent said they would think Haley and 13 percent said they would vote for Vivek Ramaswamy. Data shows that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received seven percent of the vote.
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Trump's impressive poll numbers follow a marathon of appearances on Saturday in Georgia and North Carolina, marking the GOP front-runner's first public appearance since receiving a federal indictment on Thursday. Supporters flooded the auditoriums and streets to greet the 45th President, who slammed Biden's Department of Justice in his speeches, calling the charge a political witch hunt.
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Trump garnered further support for his campaign after he appeared surprised at a Waffle House restaurant in Georgia following his speech at the convention. He announced that he was buying everyone in the crowd-free waffles, saying, "Waffles on Trump!" This moment went viral across social media on Saturday.
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