Donald Trump is chased by adoring fans as he leaves fundraising dinner in glitzy Beverly Hills
Donald Trump was greeted by some of his adoring fans as he headed out for a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills on Friday night.
Supporters could be seen gathering outside one of the area’s mansions, enthusiastically waving Trump 2024 flags as his motorcade passed by.
At one point, Trump blew a kiss out the window of his SUV as his loyal followers cheered from the side of the road.
Trump was in Phoenix on Thursday before heading to San Francisco, where he held a fundraiser in Silicon Valley out of state California stop on the campaign trail.
A supporter with a flag watches as the motorcade with former Donald Trump leaves for a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills
Donald Trump is seen through a car window blowing a kiss as he leaves the fundraiser
In terms of polls, Trump remains ahead of President Joe Biden in two key swing states: Nevada and Arizona
The state is an unusual choice for Trump to campaign, with California having been a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
While Silicon Valley and Beverley Hills, which border Hollywood, are both liberal havens of sorts, Republicans nationally are looking for opportunities to raid wealthy entrepreneurs and others who have leaned right since the last 2020 election.
Trump’s campaign was hampered by his hush money in New York, even though he was able to make daily speeches to the waiting cameras with highly politicized statements every day he was in court.
In terms of polls, Trump still has a lead over the president Joe Biden in two keys swing states – Nevada And Arizona But a national poll taken after the Republican’s conviction shows the presidential race is tightening.
Fox News has released new polls On Thursday, it emerged that Trump had a 5-point lead among registered voters in Arizona — 51 percent to Biden’s 46 percent.
In nearby Nevada, Trump also led Biden by 5 points — 50 percent to the Democratis 45 percent.
Polls show Trump has a lead over Biden in Arizona for more than a yearwhile Trump has been for Biden in Nevada since November, according to Real Clear Politics polling averages — and the ruling didn’t appear to change the numbers.
In the two swing states, voters’ views on hush money were virtually identical.
Pollsters asked just two questions about the process — whether voters thought it was fair and how much they cared about it — the last to indicate whether it would change people’s votes.
Trump could be seen waving to his supporters gathered on the side of the road
Trump was in Phoenix on Thursday before heading to San Francisco, where he held a fundraiser in Silicon Valley, another California stop on the campaign trail
The state is an unusual choice for Trump to campaign, with California having been a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992
A supporter lies in the grass as former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills
In Arizona, 63 percent said the hush-money lawsuit did not matter, while only about a third, 36 percent, said it did. Furthermore, only 25 percent said it was “very important” to them.
While this could be enough to swing things back to Biden, the overall numbers don’t yet reflect that.
In Nevada, 65 percent said the hush money lawsuit did not matter, while 35 percent said it did.
In both states, 51 percent said they believed Trump received a fair trial, while 46 percent said the trial in Manhattan was unfair.
The New York Times had a clearer picture Wednesday of whether any damage was done to Trump by the guilty verdict when 2,000 voters were recontacted after being surveyed in April and May.
The verdict has changed some of these people’s minds.
Originally, the New York Times/Siena College surveys found that 48 percent of these voters supported Trump, while 45 percent supported Biden.
But after Trump was found guilty in all 34 courts of falsifying company records related to hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, pollsters found that 47 percent supported Trump, while 46 percent supported Biden.
In Nevada, 65 percent said the hush money lawsuit did not matter, while 35 percent said it did
When The New York Times and Siena College recontacted 2,000 voters from their spring survey, pollsters found that former President Donald Trump’s three-point national lead had shrunk to just 1 percent after being found guilty.
About a quarter of 2020 Biden voters who told Times pollsters they would support Trump this time have now returned to the fold
Trump’s three-point lead fell to just 1 percent nationally.
A Times/Siena College poll showed Trump retaining 93 percent of those who said they would support him in the previous survey.
But turning away 7 percent of your voters could make a difference in a tight race.
Of that 7 percent, 3 percent said they would support Biden now, while the remaining 4 percent said they have not yet decided who they will vote for in the fall.
Those who turned away from Trump were young, non-white, unengaged and Democratic-leaning voters — essentially non-traditional Republican voters who are now undecided.
About a quarter of 2020 Biden voters who told Times pollsters they would support Trump this time have now returned to the fold, the new survey found.
In addition, so-called “double haters” – voters who dislike both the Republican and Democratic candidates – were more likely to be released on bail.
Since last week’s verdict, Trump has lost about a fifth of the “double haters” who previously said they would hold their noses and support him in the fall.
