Trump’s Guilty. Does Anyone Care?

The Run-Up

The New York Times

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In the days since a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony counts, people have mostly been asking one big question. Will this matter in November? Over the past few days, our colleagues at The New York Times and at the Siena College Research Institute have been trying to answer that question. They spoke with 1,900 people they had previously polled to find out how they are currently thinking. Most people have not changed their mind. But some have — and they are moving away from Mr. Trump. This week, Astead speaks with voters about how they are thinking about the presidential race after Mr. Trump’s conviction, including with people in one significant group: Trump supporters who said in October that if he were convicted and sentenced, they would back President Biden. He also talks with Ruth Igielnik, who helps oversee polling at The Times, to understand the latest data and who is still on the fence in the race.

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0:00.0	I'm a
0:05.0	Hi, my name is Sted Herndon. I'm a reporter with the New York Times. I was looking for Kurt Wallach.
0:12.0	That's me.
0:14.0	Thank you so much for picking up.
0:15.2	Do you think that you have maybe five, ten minutes to chat?
0:18.2	Sure.
0:19.2	Kirk, can you tell me a little bit about yourself,
0:20.8	a part of the country are you in?
0:22.0	What do you do for living how old are you?
0:26.0	All right so I'm 63 I've lived in Arizona for the last 26 years after growing up in the
0:31.5	New York City area I'm retired from full-time employment
0:35.0	although I work security for the Phoenix Sun's and every other event that goes on
0:40.4	at the arena out here.
0:41.6	Awesome and the other question I would ask is do you goes on at the arena out here. Awesome.
0:42.6	And the other question I would ask is,
0:44.8	do you consider yourself like a Democrat, Republican,
0:46.9	Independent, anything like that?
0:49.6	I'm a Republican, although I have some
0:52.3	we're voting needles. Gotcha. Republican, although I have some liberal leanings.
0:54.0	Gotcha.
0:55.0	Well, you know, one of the specific reasons we're calling you
0:58.0	is because back in October, you were featured in a poll that asked a couple questions about your vote and in particular
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