In polls exclusive to 'Newsweek,' Trump's popularity among expected GOP primary voters ticked higher after he said he was about to be indicted.
Among those with"minuscule support nationally" thus far,"they all benefit from not being Trump," said Robert Shapiro, a professor of government and public affairs at Columbia University.
In the poll taken after Trump announced an indictment was forthcoming, outside of Trump and DeSantis, onlyBut Cahaly said it would be shortsighted to dismiss any of the 11 as irrelevant, as they will be important to the process of choosing a nominee, and they'll be setting themselves up for future opportunities in the party.
"Can you imagine how fun these debates will be?" said Cahaly."You put Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Larry Elder and Nikki Haley on a stage together, and that's a WWE cage match. If the Republican party were smart, they'd do it on pay-per-view, charge five bucks a head and make a mint." Below are the 11 potential candidates, in order of how they fared, along with some of their strengths and other analytical analysis based on Trafalgar's polling data.Legally speaking, an indictment wouldn't prevent him from becoming president for a second time."His base supports him since he sticks it in the eye, so to speak, of the mainstream party leaders," said Shapiro.
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