Political pollster Frank Luntz believes that the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to exclude Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot will likely boost Trump’s popularity among voters.
Luntz predicts that Trump’s poll numbers will rise as voters sympathize with him facing legal challenges, similar to what happened during his criminal trials.
Luntz also suggests that Trump’s strategy aims to win over a small percentage of undecided voters who might otherwise not participate in the upcoming election.
He described Trump as a skilled “victim politician” and suggests that the court’s decision could work in Trump’s favor.
“It’s going to be exactly what the indictments did,” Luntz said.
“It’s going to be exactly what the criticisms have done. Donald Trump thrives on negativity.”
“He thrives on legal systems that try to hold him accountable, and I’m convinced that his polling numbers are going to go up.”
“Trump is gaining. The more that he is prosecuted, the more that he is condemned, the higher his numbers go.”
“People rally around him, and I would say to the judges, as I said to the Justice Department: you’re actually making it more likely that Donald Trump is elected next November by how you are pursuing this.”
“Make no mistake, there [are] very few undecided voters right now. There are very few people who are going back and forth between Trump and Biden. It’s more about those people trying to decide whether or not to vote,” said Luntz.
“He is the best victim politician I have ever seen in my 35 years in doing this, and this is exactly what he would have wanted in the run-up to the Iowa caucus.”
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