Trump leads Biden by FIVE POINTS in first major poll taken after the hush money verdict in a crucial swing state

Former President Donald Trump is five points ahead of President Joe Biden in the key swing state of Georgia according to the first survey of the state's voters after the ex-president's guilty verdict in the hush money case. 

Quinnipiac released new numbers Wednesday finding that 49 percent of Georgia registered voters supported Trump while 44 percent backed Biden in a two-person race. 

When third-party candidates were factored in, the presumptive Republican nominee was still heading for a win. 

In that scenario, 43 percent selected Trump, 37 percent said Biden and independent Robert F. Kennedy took 8 percent of the vote share. 

Additionally, Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver - who was picked at the party convention last month - received 3 percent, independent Cornel West also received 3 percent and the Green Party's Jill Stein got the backing of 2 percent of the Georgia vote.

Former President Donald Trump (left) is five points ahead of President Joe Biden (right) in the key swing state of Georgia according to the first survey of the state's voters after the ex-president's guilty verdict in the hush money case

Georgia was a key state the President Joe Biden flipped from red to blue in 2020, but now he trails former President Donald Trump in both a two-way and six-way race, a new Quinnipiac survey found

Overall, 50 percent of Georgia's registered voters agreed with Thursday's verdict. 

A jury found Trump was guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records over hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. 

Another 44 percent of registered voters disagreed with the trial's outcome. 

There was a major partisan split in how voters viewed the case.

Among Democrats, 96 percent agreed with the jury's decision and just 1 percent disagreed. 

Among Republicans, 86 percent disagreed with the guilty verdict, while 10 percent agreed. 

Independents favored the outcome - with 52 percent agreeing with the verdict and 42 percent saying they disagreed. 

'In a key state that went for Biden in 2020, half of voters agree with the guilty verdict that made Trump the first president to be convicted of a felony, but Trump still has the advantage in the 2024 race,' observed Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy in a statement.

Just as many voters were motivated to vote for Trump than against him after the guilty verdict, the poll found. 

Twenty-two percent of registered voters said the guilty verdict makes them less likely to cast a ballot for Trump in November, while 23 percent said it made them more likelty to vote for him. 

A majority, 54 percent, said the verdict will make no difference to their vote.