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Many voters say they don’t want a convicted felon in the White House. But do they mean it? And can prosecutors get to trial before the vote?

Can anything stop former President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign juggernaut, now that Trump has all but crushed his GOP primary opponents and pulled ahead of President Joe Biden in national polls?

While November is a long time away, and plenty could happen before then, voters do say Trump has a massive weakness: A potential criminal conviction. In poll after poll, lots of voters who shrug off Trump’s four indictments say they wouldn’t support him if he’s convicted of a felony. If they mean it—or even if a big chunk of them do—they could easily be enough to keep him out of the White House.

What remains to be seen, of course, is whether they mean it—and, crucially, whether prosecutors can put Trump on trial in time for the rest of us to find out.

That makes prosecutors’ race against the clock one of the most important narratives of the 2024 election cycle, as teams of lawyers work feverishly around the country to overcome Trump’s efforts to gum up the gears of the judicial system and push the start-date of all his trials past November.

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[–] HWK_290 59 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd like to think that the mere fact that Trump is facing this absolute litany of charges would be enough to drive any reasonable people away in droves, but clearly that applies too much rational thought for many of my fellow countrymen

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Everyone who could be swayed has already been peeled away or never voted for him in the first place. All that's left are the people who would vote for literally any Republican and those who think God sent him.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

The real problem is that that's still tens of millions of people, including a terrifying amount of electoral college votes.

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I really don't understand this claim. Why would his being found guilty of things that everyone but his most die-hard supporters know he's obviously guilty of change people's votes?