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Donald Trump has continued to hold onto Republican voters’ support with one new poll showing that most conservative voters are unconcerned about his various criminal indictments.
A new poll from CNN and SSRS surveyed 898 Republican or Republican-leaning voters to determine if they were concerned the criminal charges against Mr Trump would affect his ability to run for re-election.
Of the group, 56 per cent said they were “not seriously concerned.”
The new findings come as multiple polls have determined Mr Trump remains the frontrunner among Republicans with a +39-point margin against his rivals.
Recent polling from the Wall Street Journal found that more than half of US voters believe President Joe Biden is “too told” to seek a second term despite Mr Biden being only three years older than Mr Trump.
Age may become a major factor in the 2024 election as polling from WSJ shows the two candidates are nearly dead even with one another – hinting at the possibility of an election rematch.
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Show latest update 29 minutes ago Most Trump supporters not concerned about criminal charges
A new poll from CNN and SSRS has found that of Republican / Republican-leaning voters, 52 per cent are not concerned the ex-president’s criminal charges will negatively impact him.
The same poll found that Donald Trump remains a strong frontrunner with 4 in 10 potential voters saying they have “definitely” decided to support him if he is nominated.
Only 44 per cent of voters are concerned about the multitude of charges that Mr Trump is facing.
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 18:00
3 hours ago Trump considering Ramaswamy for VP but says he’s ‘getting controversial’
Donald Trump is considering Vivek Ramaswamy as a possible choice for running mate, the former president told a conservative TV host.
Mr Trump was speaking to rightwing talk show host Glenn Beck when he made the comments about the tech entrepreneur and author of Woke Inc.
The ex-president said Mr Ramaswamy, 38, could be a “very good” choice for vice president, but warned him that he may need to pull back on some of his more controversial statements.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
Trump considering Ramaswamy for VP but says he’s ‘getting controversial’ ‘Be a little bit careful. Some things you have to hold in just a little bit, right?’ Trump tells Ramaswamy
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 15:00
6 hours ago Biden’s approval rating remains low
President Joe Biden’s approval rating has remained consistently below 50 per cent since the beginning of the year.
According to FiveThirtyEight, Mr Biden has a 40 per cent approval rating as of 5 September, which is approximately the same range as ex-president Donald Trump’s highest approval rating when he was in office.
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 12:00
9 hours ago Trump could be Republican nominee before voters know if he’ll be convicted
Donald Trump may be the Republican nominee for president before voters know if he’ll be convicted in any of the legal cases against him.
The New York Times reports that the former president may have the nomination locked down before the party “knows if he’s a felon”.
Mr Trump’s trial is set to begin on 4 March 2024, by which time five states will already have voted, according to the current schedule. On 5 March, 15 states will vote as part of “Super Tuesday”, including California and Texas, states with many delegates to hand out.
Super Tuesday is likely to reveal if a challenger to Mr Trump will remain an alternative to GOP voters.
Just two weeks after that, Florida, Ohio, and Illinois are set to vote.
Two of those states, Florida and Ohio, are states where the winner is awarded all of the delegates regardless of their level of support.
In the past, winner-take-all primaries have boosted a frontrunner’s road to the nomination, the paper notes. Mr Trump’s trial on the federal level is set to not even close to ending by that time if it sticks to the current schedule.
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 09:00
12 hours ago Trump has raised millions with his mug shot. Legal experts say it could be a big mistake
His campaign turned the defining image into a souvenir. It’s unclear who actually owns it.
Alex Woodward reports:
Why Trump could be making a big mistake by fundraising off his mug shot His campaign turned the defining image into a souvenir. It’s unclear who actually owns it, Alex Woodward reports
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 06:00
15 hours ago Straw polls finds younger Republicans prefer DeSantis
A straw poll conducted at the Young Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas earlier this month found that a small margin of respondees prefer Florida governor Ron DeSantis to ex-president Donald Trump.
The convention, hosted by the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF) polled attendees and found 36.6 per cent preferred Mr DeSantis, 35.4 per cent preferred Mr Trump, 9.1 per cent preferred Vivek Ramaswamy and 7.5 per cent preferred Nikki Haley.
Other percentages went to Tim Scott and other GOP candidates.
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 03:00
18 hours ago Support for Trump has grown since March
A new CNN poll shows that support for ex-president Donald Trump has grown since March.
Mr Trump went from 40 per cent favorability in March to 52 per cent favorability in August. The +34 jump shows the strength Mr Trump has over Republican voters despite his multitude of indictments.
Meanwhile, support for Mr DeSantis dropped from 35 per cent to 18 per cent.
Ariana Baio 6 September 2023 00:00
21 hours ago ‘Won’t be a shock’ if Biden drops out of 2024 race, says biographer
A man who wrote the book on Joe Biden says he still thinks it is possible that the incumbent president steps aside and lets another Democrat head their party’s ticket in 2024.
Franklin Foer, author of the upcoming book The Last Politician, told NBC’s Meet the Press in an interview this weekend that he believes the president has carefully left open the possibility of changing his mind before the year’s end.
John Bowden reports:
‘Won’t be a shock’ if Biden drops out of 2024 race, says biographer Biden and likely opponent Trump are two of the top five oldest presidents to ever serve. They both want a second go at it.
Ariana Baio 5 September 2023 21:00
1 day ago Most Americans want Trump’s trial to occur before election
When asked whether Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference federal trial should occur before the 2024 election, 61 per cent of Americans say “yes”.
An Ipsos / POLITICO survey found that most Americans want to see an outcome in the trial – brought forth by special counsel Jack Smith – before they vote again.
Of the 1,032 respondents, 61 per cent said the trial should place before the election.
Across political lines, that number changes. Only 33 per cent of Republicans feel the same way. Approximately 63 per cent of Independent voters and 89 per cent of Democrats agree.
Ariana Baio 5 September 2023 18:00
1 day ago Most voters think Joe Biden is ‘too old’ for second term
A new Wall Street Journal poll found that 73 per cent of voters feel President Joe Biden is “too old” to seek a second term.
Mr Biden, who is 80 years old, is only three years older than ex-president Donald Trump, and yet only 47 per cent of voters say the same about Mr Trump.
Ariana Baio 5 September 2023 15:31
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