Longtime Republican strategist Karl Rove delivered some bad news to Donald Trump and his supporters over the weekend.
He said polls show Trump losing ground to President Joe Biden since the conviction. As a result, Trump’s modest lead over Biden has been shrinking on RealClearPolitics and other poll aggregators, and Rove predicted that Trump’s lead may be about to vanish altogether.
“We’re likely to see that lead dissipate because the most recent polls have had Biden ahead,” Rove said in comments posted on Mediaite, using his white board to show poll results since the conviction.
Much of that shift is from a core group of voters who may ultimately decide the election.
“The movement is among independents,” said Rove, who helped lead George W. Bush’s two presidential campaigns. “And they have moved, in recent polls, roughly nine points towards Biden.”
Rove noted that polls of independents have previously found that 21 percent have said they would be less likely to vote for Trump if he’s convicted.
Trump and Biden will meet for their first debate since the 2020 election on Thursday evening.
