Trump and Hunter Biden guilty verdicts effect on voter sentiment probed in new poll

A new national poll suggests that the guilty verdicts against former President Trump in his recent criminal trial will have little impact on his 2024 election rematch with President Biden.

And the survey, from Monmouth University, also indicates that more voters agree than disagree with Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation's history.

But a majority questioned in the poll say the charges against the former president were politically motivated.

Nearly half say the same thing about the trial of Hunter Biden, the president's sole surviving son, which ended Tuesday with the younger Biden's conviction on three counts tied to his October 2018 purchase and possession of a revolver while using illegal drugs.

WILL HUNTER BIDEN GUILTY VERDICTS ROCK HIS FATHER'S REMATCH WITH WITH TRUMP?

Trump was found guilty late last month of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in relation to payments during the 2016 election that he made to Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about his alleged affair with the adult film actress.

Prosecutors in the case argued that this amounted to illegally seeking to influence the 2016 election.

The Monmouth poll spotlights that the impact on the presidential election of the Trump verdicts is minimal, with both candidates continuing "to draw almost identical levels of support, although voter enthusiasm for this rematch has increased among both Republicans and Democrats."

WHO HAS THE SLIGHT EDGE IN A KEY NORTHEASTERN PRESIDENT ELECTION BATTLEGROUND?

According to the survey, just over four in 10 registered voters say they'll either definitely or probably vote for the Democratic incumbent and in a separate question, a nearly identical number say