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A new national survey from Emerson College Polling shows support for former President Donald Trump remained the same despite a criminal conviction in the sham hush money trial.
Inatwo-wayrace,46percentofvoterssupportTrumpwhile45percentbackPresidentJoeBiden.Ninepercentareundecided.Theraceisaneven,50-50splitwhentheundecidedswerepushedtonamewhichcandidatethey’releaningtoward.
Whenthird-partycandidatesareincluded,BidentakesabiggerhitthanTrump.
Regardingtheconviction,40percentsaiditwillhavenoimpactontheirvote,27percentsaiditwillmakethemmorelikelytosupportthe45thpresident,and33percentsaidtheyarelesslikelytosupporthimbecauseofit.Amongundecidedvoters,58percentsaidtheconvictionwillnotinfluencetheirvotecomparedto36percentwhosaiditwill“likely”impacttheirvote.
“Trump’ssupportinourpollingremainedthesamebeforeandafterhisconviction,”SpencerKimball,executivedirectorofEmersonCollegePolling,saidinastatement.“AmajorityofDemocratssayitmakesthemlesslikelytosupportTrump(51%)andamajorityofRepublicans(
