40% Expect Conviction for Ilhan Omar
Last week’s raid on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar made headlines, but most voters don’t expect the Minnesota Democrat to be convicted of federal crimes – in part because more than a fifth of them don’t seem to know who she is.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is likely Omar will be found guilty of federal crimes, including 22% who say it’s Very Likely. Thirty-eight percent (38%) don’t think it’s likely Omar will be convicted, including 17% who consider it Not At All Likely. Twenty-two percent (22%) say they’re not sure, probably indicating they don’t recognize her name. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
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The survey of 1,057 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on October 15 and 18-19, 2026 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
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