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    What the Polls May Be Getting Wrong About Trump

    New research suggests that the criminal charges against Trump aren’t actually helping him in the GOP primary race.
    by Russell Berman Aug 20, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: Melissa Sue Gerrits / Getty

    In the months since Donald Trump’s indictments started piling up, pollsters have noticed something remarkable: The dozens of criminal charges brought against the former president have seemed to boost his standing in the Republican presidential primary. Trump has widened his already commanding lead over his rivals, and in poll after poll, GOP voters have said that the charges make them more—not less—likely to vote for him again.

    The dynamic has turned an infamous example of Trumpian bravado—his 2016 that “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters”—into something approaching a prophecy. To his critics, the

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