Republican Support for Chauvin Guilty Verdict Plummets in Days Following Trial, Nearly HALF Now Say it Was ‘Wrong’

Support for the guilty verdicts in Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd plummeted among Republicans in the days following the trial, with disapproval of the verdict nearly doubling in a matter of days.

In a Morning Consult poll taken just after the guilty-on-all-counts verdicts were announced, 61 percent of Republicans approved of the verdict, while 29 percent disapproved — which was double the disapproval among all respondents, but still a solidly minority viewpoint.

But in a CBS News/YouGov poll taken over a longer period that ended Saturday, respondents were asked “As you may know, a jury in Minnesota found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder in the death of George Floyd. Do you think the jury reached the right verdict or the wrong verdict?”

Almost half of Republicans, 46 percent, said the jury reached the wrong verdict, while 54 percent said it was the right verdict. Among all respondents, 75 percent said the verdict was right, versus 25 percent who said it was wrong.