Nearly 75 percent of likely US voters believe Trump’s 2024 campaign won’t be affected or helped if indicted over Stormy Daniels hush money scheme: latest poll
- Nearly 75 percent of respondents in a new poll believed an indictment would have no impact or help former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign
- Only 25.7 percent of likely voters nationwide said it would hurt Trump’s campaign
- The poll was conducted last week by Trafalgar Group
Nearly 75 percent of respondents in a new poll said they believed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign would not be affected or helped if he is indicted in the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation.
An investigation by the Trafalgar Group of the likely U.S. voters poll held last week found that 37.5 percent believed an impeachment would have no effect, while another 36.8 percent thought an impeachment would give the former president a political boost.
Only 25.7 percent said it would hurt Trump’s campaign.
Those surveyed who self-identified as Democrats were more likely to believe that an impeachment — in what would be a historic first — would hurt Trump’s chances of retaking the White House.
Republicans were more likely to believe that impeachment would ultimately help the ex-president.
Nearly 75 percent of respondents in a new poll said they believed former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign would not be affected or helped if he is indicted in the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation
Republicans were more likely to believe an impeachment would help Trump’s political chances of retaking the White House in the 2024 presidential election, while only 14.8 percent of Democrats surveyed said an impeachment would boost Trump
When Democrats were asked about the brewing charge, only 14.8 percent said it helps Trump’s campaign.
Another 42.7 percent said it would hurt the former president, while about the same percentage, 42.5 percent, said it would have no impact.
When Republicans were asked, 56.2 percent said an impeachment would help Trump.
Only 11.3 percent of GOP voters said it would hurt Trump’s campaign.
Another 32.5 percent predicted it would have no impact.
Interviews DailyMail.com conducted at Trump’s Waco rally echoed the poll’s results, with attendees saying they believed an indictment would help him win.
Trump faces legal problems on several fronts.
The grand jury of Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg will meet again Monday to decide whether to indict Trump in the hush money investigation.
In addition, Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis is investigating Trump’s interference in the 2020 presidential election when he called Georgia election officials to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.
Trump is also under scrutiny at the federal level, with special counsel Jack Smith handling the Justice Department’s investigation into the ex-president’s handling of classified documents after he left office and his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6.
At the same time, national polls show Trump commanding a commanding lead over his main rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has not yet announced an official bid for 2024.
The polling average of Real Clear Politics shows Trump earning the support of 44.3 percent of potential Republican primary voters, while DeSantis sits at 29.2 percent.
That said, two new polls, both also conducted early last week, show DeSantis looking competitive against Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that will host the first GOP caucus and first Republican presidential primaries early next year.
Axios was given polling data from the Republican polling agency, Public Opinion Strategies, showed DeSantis leading Trump 45 percent to 37 percent in Iowa and with him, 39 percent to 39 percent, in New Hampshire.
In 2016, Trump lost the Iowa primary to Senator Ted Cruz, but won the New Hampshire primary decisively and went on to win the GOP nomination.