The Daily Mail has just posted a new snap poll showing that former President Trump has gotten a six point bump since the guilty verdict was announced. With independent voters alone Trump increased by four points.
They polled 400 likely voters, some of which changed their vote because of this outrageous verdict.
Here’s more on the poll:
Teflon Don rides again, according to an exclusive snap poll for DailyMail.com which found that the guilty verdict in Manhattan only improved the former president’s standing with likely voters ahead of the 2024 election.
Of those who said the 34 guilty counts had changed their view of Donald Trump, 22 percent said they now had a more favorable rating compared with 16 percent who said they viewed him more negatively.
That six-point net positive result is another sign of the way the businessman-turned-politician seems able to ride out crises that would sink anyone else.
In a tight election, it could be enough to get him across the finish line.
‘I think it was a waste of taxpayer money and will help propel Trump to a victory,’ said a 42-year-old hip hop DJ from Illinois, who voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
In particular, the numbers show a four-point net positive impact among independent voters, the group that could decide who is the next president in November.
Our poll was conducted in the hours after a jury foreman at Manhattan criminal court announced 34 guilty verdicts.
J.L. Partners used an online panel of 400 likely voters to assess the impact on the election.
Respondents were asked to explain their opinion.
Not surprisingly, many Trump fans denounced the trial as a ‘sham’ or a ‘witch hunt,’ using the candidate’s own language.
But plenty of people who voted for him in 2020 said they were horrified by what it said about the man.
‘For a Republican like myself it’s all very embarrassing,’ said a retired electrician in North Carolina, one of the battleground states. ‘It’s like finding out your sister is a prostitute.’
In contrast, 2020 Joe Biden supporter in the swing state of Arizona said: ‘I just think it was a railroad job, even though I am not a fan of Trump. It’s totally ludicrous.’
James Johnson, who conducted the poll, said Trump might be waking up as convicted felon but he was winning over the voters who matter.
Our snap poll of a representative sample of likely voters shows that for most Americans the trial has not changed their deep-set views of Trump,’ he said.
‘But amongst those who are open to changing their mind, people feel more positive by a margin of 6 points. That is outside of the margin of the error of the poll and we are saying that is significant.