Some say Trump's conviction won't matter to voters. They shouldn't be so sure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Some even went so far as to declare the case's outcome a net-positive for Trump before the jury had even ruled.
47% : "Guilty or not guilty, Trump verdict won't sway most voters," a PBS NewsHour headline said, citing polling the outlet conducted in partnership with NPR and Marist.
44% : Because if fewer than 43,000 votes had swung the other direction across those three states -- just 0.37% of the total votes cast -- then Biden's total would have dropped below the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, thereby handing Trump a second term.
39% : Other recent surveys have indicated a much more challenging environment for Trump.
34% : That poll did not mention Trump by name, but yikes.
31% : "Trump is guilty.
27% : When news broke that a New York jury had found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records on Thursday, making him the first former president in American history to become a convicted felon, many professional pundits and prognosticators rushed to declare the verdict politically meaningless.
27% : "Virtually all of these predictions relied heavily on recent polling showing that a relatively small number of voters say they would be less likely to vote for Trump if he were convicted, with most saying it would have no impact on their decision either way.
25% : In April, an Ipsos poll found that, among respondents who said they were planning to vote for Trump, 16% said a guilty verdict in the New York trial would make them reconsider supporting him, while an additional 4% said they would no longer support him.
24% : As one Los Angeles Times columnist opined, "Even a finding of guilty on tangled charges that Trump committed business fraud to hide hush money payments to an adult film actor is likely to have only a minor effect on his standing in the eyes of most voters.

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