Poll: More think Trump supports white nationalism than opposes it

More people think President Trump personally supports white nationalism than opposes it, according to a new survey released the day after he said white supremacist protests included some “very fine people.”

A HuffPost/YouGov poll released Wednesday found that 31 percent of Americans think Trump personally supports white nationalism, compared with 22 percent who think he opposes it.

Another 24 percent think he doesn’t have a strong opinion on the issue either way.

{mosads}Nearly half of Americans, 48 percent, also don’t think the president did enough to condemn the violence over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., compared to 30 percent who think he did.

Another 22 percent are not sure.

A majority of Americans, 61 percent, are angry about the deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia, which saw the death of one woman when a man with alleged ties to racist groups rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.

The poll was conducted from Aug. 14 to 15 and included 1,000 interviews. The survey was largely conducted after Trump’s comments on Charlottesville Monday but before his defiant press conference Tuesday.

On Monday, Trump declared that “racism is evil” and called out the KKK, neo-Nazis and other hate groups for their role in the deadly protests.

On Tuesday, however, Trump said during a press conference that there was “blame on both sides.”

“What about the alt-left that came charging at the — as you say, the alt-right?” Trump asked.

“Do they have any semblance of guilt? What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do. As far as I am concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day.”

His comments Tuesday spurred backlash from both Democrats and Republicans.