Why a majority of voters think Donald Trump should face charges even if he's elected

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

36% : Cullie Gentry, 35, of Rankin, Texas, who works in oilfields and supports Trump, said it would be better to drop charges against the former president whether he wins or loses.
35% : Trump has also said he could pardon himself or fire the prosecutor, Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, in the two federal cases.
30% : A Pew Research Center poll in September found 46% of voters said Trump broke the law to change the outcome of the 2020 election, and another 14% said he did something wrong but didn't break the law, The results were largely unchanged since April.
29% : An ABC News poll in May found half the respondents (52%) thought the New York hush money charges against Trump were significant, with one in five saying they would reconsider their support for him if convicted.
27% : Trump's driver on Jan. 6, 2021, testified to a congressional committee that Trump asked to be driven to the Capitol that day, but the Secret Service prevented it.Mara Mamerow, a software developer in Milwaukee who supports Harris, said she has a tough time envisioning how a president could serve with felony charges hanging over him.
25% : "Windy Rhoads, a temp worker for Santa Cruz County in California who supports Harris, said she expects Trump to push the Justice Department to drop the charges if he's elected.
24% : But nearly 58% of likely voters who responded to the poll said it would be "wrong" for Trump to direct the department to drop the charges, compared to 30% saying it would be the "right" thing to do.
23% : Some voters talked about the importance of treating Trump like anyone else accused of a crime.
23% : Trump was convicted later that month.
19% : A similar majority, 56%, said federal and state prosecutors should continue to pursue charges against Trump if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, compared to 38% opposed, according to the poll.
18% : "The pending cases against Trump include:The responses to the USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll followed other polls that found voters concerned that Trump had broken the law, and that it could affect their votes.
11% : Marcy Michaels, a retired nurse in Verona, Pennsylvania, who supports Trump, said she thought the charges would be dropped if he loses because she believes they were pursued aggressively to prevent Trump from campaigning for reelection.

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