Trump’s felony conviction may sap support among crucial voters, new poll shows – live

Trump’s felony conviction may sap support among crucial voters, new poll shows – live

New Politico survey reveals 21% of independent voters are less likely to vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election because of his felony conviction last month

If there is good news for Donald Trump in the Politico Magazine and Ipsos poll released this morning, it’s that many voters have questions over the fairness of his felony conviction.

Trump and his surrogates have insisted that his prosecution in New York City on 34 business fraud charges was a “witch hunt” orchestrated by Democrats and, in particular, Joe Biden. In fact, the charges were brought by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who is indeed a Democrat, but there is no evidence that he was doing the party’s bidding, or that the White House, which does not have the power to direct local prosecutors, was involved.

Biden holds a White House meeting with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg at 3.30pm. Expect lots of talk about Ukraine and Russia.

The first presidential debate is in 10 days, and the Biden campaign is targeting Trump with a $50m barrage of ads over his felony conviction, to be aired in the days leading up to their parlay.

Trump continues to hype up his pick for vice-president, though he has yet to announce a decision. Ohio senator JD Vance, New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik, South Carolina senator Tim Scott and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum are said to be in the mix, with an announcement likely closer to the Republican national convention next month.

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