Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion How in the world is Trump’s trial not hurting him?

How is the former president still ahead of Biden in recent polls?

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Opinion editor
May 14, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. EDT
Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media at the New York State Supreme Court on Monday. (Spencer Platt/Pool, EPA-EFA/Shutterstock)
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Donald Trump has been trapped in a courtroom for most of the past month, depriving his MAGA fans of more frequent campaign rallies and events. Yet fresh polling shows that the trial hasn’t hurt Trump’s 2024 reelection bid, nor has it helped President Biden look better to voters. So I asked my Post Opinions colleagues Alexandra Petri and Eugene Robinson: Are people already over the Trump trials?