Six in 10 voters think it would be inappropriate for Trump to pardon Manafort, and 62 percent believe the same for Cohen. Democrats and independent voters agreed that such a move would be inappropriate for either Trump associate, but views among Republican voters shifted slightly depending on which of the two men they were asked about.

When asked regarding Manafort, for whom Trump has expressed sympathy, a 42 percent plurality of Republicans said they did not know or had no opinion on whether it would be appropriate for Trump to issue a pardon. But when it came to Cohen, a 45 percent plurality said pardoning him would be inappropriate. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.