Lawfare Failure: Trump Commands 50 Percent Support, National Lead over Biden

By NICK GILBERTSON

President Donald Trump maintains an edge over President Joe Biden nationally after being convicted in the business records trial in blue Manhattan, according to a CBS News/YouGov poll.

• The poll, conducted between Wednesday and Friday, finds that exactly half of likely voters, including leaners, back Trump for the presidency. He sits 1 point ahead of Biden at 49 percent, while just 1 percent say they would vote for a third-party candidate.

  They are neck and neck with independents; Biden takes 50 percent of the demographic to Trump’s 48 percent. Each candidate garners 94 percent of support among their party’s base and 5 percent from the rival party.

  Biden holds a one-point edge among likely voters in battleground states at 50 percent to 49 percent, CBS News notes.

  Trump supporters are more enthusiastic than Biden supporters. Of Biden backers, 69 percent say their support for him is very strong, and they have “decided” he is their candidate. In comparison, 78 percent of Trump voters have very strong support for the 45th president and have “decided” they will vote for him.

  Just under a quarter of Biden supporters say their support is strong and they “probably won’t” switch their support, while another four percent say they “might still change” their minds, and two percent of his supporters expect to change their minds at some point.

  Of the outstanding Trump supporters who have not “decided” they are voting for him, 18 percent say their support is “strong,” and they are unlikely to change their minds, while four percent have “somewhat strong” support for him but “might still” switch candidates.