In my opinion, Donald Trump should not be included in polls about presidential candidates.

[kentuck]

The latest polls show him running close to Joe Biden in the polls for the presidency in 2024.

With the many investigations and possible indictments, there is a good chance he may not run in 2024. He is a professional, habitual criminal and his crimes are just beginning to be exposed.

If that does not disqualify him, it should. At the very least, he should not be declared a favorite in the polls.

With the possible indictments and possible jail sentences, the media should not include him in any polls at this time, in my opinion. It gives the people the impression that there are no serious charges against him and he has done nothing wrong to keep him from running again for the White House.

Just my opinion.

[Chainfire]

1. I don't know why he wouldn't be included, if he is free to, he will run.

So far, he is free to.

[CentralMass]

2. It would seem that it is unlikely that he will be indicted this year.

[brooklynite]

3. 1) He's the leader of the Republican Party; 2) He wants to run; 3) Many people will vote for him

No pollster is going to leave him out.

[kentuck]

5. They only leave out questions about his possible legal liabilities.

At least, they could say that a habitual criminal is leading the Republican Party.

It gives a mistaken impression of reality, in my opinion.

[Frasier Balzov]

4. It will be fun to see the rug pulled out from under him at some point.

What a GOP dogpile that will be!

[BlueTsunami2018]

6. He's going to run no matter what.

Indicted, convicted, even if he were somehow thrown in jail he’d still run from there.

The only thing that will stop that gravy train is if we’re lucky enough to have him drop dead.

The worst part is, he could still win from any of those positions. This is a deeply sick, deeply damaged country.

[kentuck]

10. Is a convicted felon permitted to vote?

If not, how could he run for public office. There oughta be a law.

[BlueTsunami2018]

12. It depends on the state.

Only three states, Delaware, West Virginia and Virginia, do not allow felons to vote under any circumstances. Two states, Maine and Vermont, allow you to vote even if you’re in prison. Most are somewhere in between allowing you to vote as long as you’re not in prison to making you wait until the sentence, including probation or parole, is fully served.

But it doesn’t matter if he can vote, he can run, even from prison.

[kentuck]

14. Well, if he wins the next election, I guess he can get out on probation...?

...while he's doing the president job? Of course, he could not be charged with any crimes while he is on probation because presidents have too much work to do to be weighed down by criminal charges?

[BlueTsunami2018]

15. If he were to win the next election....

None of this would matter anymore. The country would be finished. He’d never be held accountable for anything and he’d be there until he dies. We’re on the brink right now, any Republican win will be the death blow. It doesn’t have to be him.

[CentralMass]

18. Is he a convicted felon ?

[Mike Nelson]

7. Well...

... at this point, I see three people clearly running for President. They are Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Ron DeSantis. People are wondering when they will "announce" but, to me, that would be to announce they are NO LONGER running.

[Zeitghost]

8. Polls are not a reflection

Of what we want or believe should happen. It's a reflection of how things are.

Indictments and even convictions can't stop him from running and sticking our heads in the sand and pretending he doesn't exist will not end well.

[Walleye]

9. Polls are also a snapshot in time.

The fact is it’s the whole Republican party is crazy here. They should be the ones to disqualify him.For crissakes, he lost the popular vote twice he was impeached twice, he lost the House, he lost the Senate and the White House and he left after his term with negative job growth. Has never enjoyed an approval rating of a majority the people. What is wrong with a political party that would nominate him again?It’s like they’re amateurs at this game

[Zeitghost]

11. I don't disagree

But remember, he drew ~13M more votes than any other Rep. candidate in history, that's an increase of almost 20%.

[Walleye]

16. Yes, that's enough to give you a stomach ache all right

[Zeitghost]

17. The good side is he drew

~15M people out to vote against him.


I've been doing some election number crunching on a gerrymander database I keep and the "Trump Effect" on the last election was huge. Probably 20 million more votes than would otherwise have been expected.

[kentuck]

13. It seems like the press is leaving out part of the story?

It's not exactly yellow journalism, but it doesn't seem totally ethical. imo.