Last week Donald Trump learned that he will stand trial on April 15 in the first of four criminal cases. And his supporters say they simply don’t care whether or not he is convicted.
That is the result of a new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll that found only five percent of his supporters would change their vote in November’s election if were to be convicted before then.
Some 93 percent said they would still vote for the president.
Last week Donald Trump learned that he will stand trial on April 15 in the first of four criminal cases. And his supporters say they simply don’t care whether or not he is convicted.
That is the result of a new Daily Mail/J.L. Partners poll that found only five percent of his supporters would change their vote in November’s election if were to be convicted before then.
Some 93 percent said they would still vote for the president.
Pollster James Johnson, cofounder of J.L. Partners, said Trump was helped by the fact his likely first trial—on charges related to hush money payments to a porn star—was seen as the most politically motivated of the four cases.
‘Up until recently, polls tended to show Trump’s vote diving when the possibility of him being convicted comes up. But in recent polls—and now ours—this has changed,’ said Johnson.
‘Here, 93 percent say they would stick with the president in such a scenario. This might alter if it actually happens—polling can’t predict people’s responses if an event comes to pass—but with the hush money case taking place first (the one that people feel is most likely to be a politically motivated charge), that only helps Donald Trump.
‘So far in this race, indictments have only helped Trump. There are no signs yet that convictions are going to have a different effect.’
