“Donald Trump’s pollsters have been tracking the impact of his indictments throughout his first trial and, moving to get ahead of events, are arguing that regardless of the verdict in the New York hush-money case, they can spin it in his favor,” Politico reports.
“In the campaign’s internal polling, two-thirds of respondents say politics played a role in his criminal indictments.”
“That is at odds with public polling, which has found that somewhere between a plurality and a majority of Americans believe the case has been handled fairly, with a sharp partisan split. Some 60 percent of voters have said they think the charges are very or somewhat serious. Even 6 percent of Trump voters say they would be less likely to back him if convicted.”
“But the Trump campaign’s interpretation of its own polling suggests what its strategy might be for dealing with a guilty verdict.”
