Will Voters Care about the Trump Hush-Money Trial Verdict in November?

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Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump attends his criminal trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City, Wednesday, May, 29, 2024.

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Donald Trumpโ€™s hush-money trial has attracted an avalanche of media attention over the last six weeks, and for obvious reasons: There is a decent chance that in the coming days the presumptive GOP nominee for president will be a convicted felon, a historic first.

But, according to pollsters and plugged-in campaign professionals, itโ€™s unlikely that the outcome of the trial will have a decisive impact on voter perceptions of a man who has dominated American media for the better part of the last decade.

Audrey Fahlberg

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Audrey Fahlberg

Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

Brittany Bernstein

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Brittany Bernstein

Brittany Bernstein is the deputy news editor of National Review Online.

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