Donald Trump gets massive poll boost after hush money trial conviction
Donald Trump got a five point boost in general election polling taken before his felony conviction in the hush money trial compared to after.
When Trump, Joe Biden and other third party candidates were taken into consideration, the former president came back with a whopping 10 percent lead over the current president.
The jump is likely caused by the results of the Manhattan trial, which saw Trump become a convicted felon with 34 guilty charges for falsifying records related to his hush money payment to adult star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election.
In the poll conducted on June 20 by Rasmussen Reports, 46 percent say they would vote Trump compared to 36 percent who say they'd cast their ballots for Biden.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took 9 percent, 2 percent for Cornel West, 1 percent for Jill Stein and the remaining 7 percent chose other candidates or were undecided.
The same poll taken by Rasmussen May 28-30 – before the jury verdict in Trump's trial – showed the former president ahead by 5 percent.
Forty-four percent of voters surveyed last month said they's chose Trump compared to the 39 percent who said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today.
In that poll RFK Jr. earned 8 percent while West and Stein each earned 1 percent.
While the latest results are not the largest margin of victory Rasmussen shows for Biden, it was a massive jump month-to-month.
This is largely attributed to the first trial against Trump. Multiple polls showed Trump with a polling and fundraising boost after the verdict was handed down at the end of May.
One poll after the verdict showed 27 percent of voters were more likely to cast their ballot for Trump following the convocation.
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