Trump Still Beats Biden Even If Convicted in Most Criminal Cases: Poll

Published on January 23, 2024

Former President Donald Trump would beat President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential matchup even if convicted in two out of three major criminal legal challenges he is facing, according to a new poll. A resounding win in the Iowa caucuses has given the former president some lift nationally, with President Trump now polling 2.9 points ahead of President Joe Biden, according to the latest RealClear polling average in that hypothetical matchup. But a new poll conducted by HarrisX for the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University shows that President Trump would still beat President Biden even if he is convicted on federal charges of mishandling classified documents or on allegations of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, which President Trump says is a mischaracterization of his requests to have an independent audit to address voter concerns....