An overwhelming majority of registered voters say the Manhattan jury’s decision to find former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 charges in his business records trial has not changed their voting intentions, according to the latest Economist/YouGov weekly survey.
investigation Asked Respondents were asked whether Trump’s conviction in the business records trial “has caused you to reconsider voting in the 2024 presidential election.”
An overwhelming majority of registered voters – 92% – said the election has not made them reconsider their vote, while only 8% said it has made them reconsider their vote.
More specifically, 92 percent of Republicans said it did not cause them to reconsider, and 90 percent of Democrats said the same. Additionally, independents were not shaken by the verdict either, with 92 percent saying it did not cause them to reconsider their choice. Notably, this same survey showed Trump with a double-digit lead among independents after the conviction.
Overall, 93% said the business records conviction has not made them more or less likely to support Trump, while 2% said it would make them more likely and 5% said it would make them less likely.
Again, a majority of independents, 94 percent, said it would neither make them more nor less likely to support Trump.
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The survey was conducted among 1,766 U.S. adults from June 2-4, 2024, and follows last week’s survey, which showed more respondents express The belief that Trump will win the election over Biden, regardless of personal preference.
Overall, Trump was ahead, with 42% saying he would win the presidential election, compared with 32% who said Biden would win, a 10-point difference. More than a quarter, 26%, were unsure.
Trump supporters were more confident that Trump would win than Biden voters in 2024 had been in the current president: 85% of Trump supporters said Trump would win, compared with 72% of Biden supporters who chose Biden instead. Similarly, 68% of Democrats think Biden will win, but even more Republicans, 77%, think Trump will win.
The widest divide is among independents, with 42% believing Trump will win compared to 19% who have the same confidence in Biden – a 23-point difference. But 39% of independents are unsure.
The survey was conducted among 1,748 U.S. adults between May 25-28, 2024, before a Manhattan jury found President Trump guilty on all 34 charges in his business records trial.
Ahead of jury deliberations, the Biden campaign dispatched what Trump 2024 national press secretary Caroline Leavitt described as a “JV”-style team to New York, featuring actor Robert De Niro on a crazed anti-Trump rant. Good Fellows The actor disparaged Trump supporters as “gangsters” and “clowns” during a press conference on Tuesday.
“This city is very tolerant,” De Niro says, “and tolerant of clowns. There are clowns all over the city, people doing crazy things in the streets. We tolerate it. It’s part of the city, it’s part of the culture.”
“But not someone like Trump, who will end up running the country,” De Niro continued. “That doesn’t work, and we all know it. Anyway, we give clowns a place. To each their own.”
De Niro also baselessly warned that Trump would never leave office if he wins in November.
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The video also shows onlookers mocking De Niro and promoting a photo of the actor yelling “Fuck you.”
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“I never knew former actor Robert De Niro was such a tiny being, both mentally and physically. Today, outside this courthouse, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable disease called Trump Derangement Syndrome (known in medical circles as TDS), encountered a force far more powerful than the radical left: MAGA,” President Trump said in response to the social media tirade.
“Since entering politics at the behest of the unscrupulous Joe Biden, Robert’s films, artistry and brand have declined significantly and he looks very pathetic and sad. Where is Joe DiMaggio!!!” he added.
Following the jury’s verdict, Trump said he would “keep fighting.”
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