Trump’s guilty verdict gives Biden a small boost: Poll

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While Donald Trump’s conviction in the New York hush money case may have fueled more donations from his base and cemented backing from many of the country’s top billionaires, a new poll appears to show the former president has lost some voters since his guilty verdict.

A New York Times poll conducted between April and May found that Trump had a 3-percentage-point lead over President Joe Biden. However, a survey conducted after Trump’s guilty verdict found that the former president now holds a 1-percentage-point lead over Biden.

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