{"id":2258960,"date":"2024-06-03T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-spike-in-support-indicates-new-voters-activated-sarah-bedford\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T19:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T23:46:01","slug":"trump-spike-in-support-indicates-new-voters-activated-sarah-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-spike-in-support-indicates-new-voters-activated-sarah-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Surge in Trump&#8217;s backing signals &#8220;engagement of fresh voters,&#8221; says Sarah Bedford"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-spike-in-support-indicates-new-voters-activated-sarah-bedford%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sarah Bedford from The Washington Examiner\u200c analyzed the surge in\u200c support for former President Donald Trump, attributing it to new voters opposing his guilty verdict. Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-call-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-to-testify-over-trump-conviction\/\" title=\"House Republicans summon Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to testify on Trump conviction\">unprecedented felony conviction<\/a> in the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-guilty-lawyer-blanche-client-should-not-receive-jail-time\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyer argues against jail time for guilty client\">hush\u200c money \u2063trial<\/a> may impact his White House bid. Despite this, his campaign raised $141 million, indicating significant voter engagement and potential \u200bsupport from \u200bpreviously inactive voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sarah Bedford<\/a> contended that former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> spike in support stems from casual or new voters who oppose Trump\u2019s guilty verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-blocks-enforcement-of-federal-gun-control-laws-that-violate-second-amendment-rights-as-biden-pursues-gun-agenda\/\" title=\"Missouri Blocks Enforcement Of Federal Gun Control Laws That Violate Second Amendment Rights As Biden Pursues Gun Agenda\">felony crime<\/a> after he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>found guilty of all 34 counts<\/a> in his hush money trial, which could hamper his bid for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> this November. Despite this, the former president has received a massive spike in financial donations, with the Trump campaign announcing Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4701084-trump-campaign-fundraising-may-guilty-verdict-new-york-hush-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it raised $141 million<\/a> alongside the Republican National Committee last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney is a pretty good metric for measuring voter excitement, especially when you\u2019re looking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-threats-of-corporate-donation-withdrawals-gop-senate-fund-hauls-in-8-3-million\/\" title=\"Amid Threats Of Corporate Donation Withdrawals, GOP Senate Fund Hauls In .3 Million\">small-dollar donations<\/a> and you\u2019re looking at people who maybe have not donated money to the Trump campaign before this moment,\u201d Bedford said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto<\/em>. \u201cAnd so I do think there are these types of indicators that this has gotten new voters activated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedford noted how several polls indicate that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, who is running for reelection, is leading among people who vote consistently in elections. However, these polls also show that Trump \u201ctends to lead pretty significantly\u201d among voters who do not keep up with politics and that these people could greatly aid him this November.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025427\/donald-trump-unveils-tiktok-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump joined the social media platform TikTok<\/a>, gaining 4 million followers over the course of two days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3026335\/trump-crushes-biden-tiktok-millions-follow-former-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>far outpacing<\/a> the roughly 347,000 followers that Biden-Harris HQ, the Biden campaign\u2019s account, has amassed since its launch in February. Bedford indicated that this is another \u201csmall clue\u201d to gauge voter enthusiasm ahead of the election, and that TikTok could be an effective way to reach out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unstable-non-genius-biden-aides-feared-cranky-candidates-epic-tongue-lashings-book-finds\/\" title=\"UNSTABLE NON-GENIUS: Biden Aides Feared \u2018Cranky\u2019 Candidate\u2019s \u2018Epic Tongue-Lashings,\u2019 Book Finds\">younger voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, Donald Trump tends to be picking up a lot of those young voters right now,\u201d Bedford said. \u201cHe might want to press that advantage while he seems to be having it in the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Trump\u2019s verdict, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) argued that the ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025575\/tim-scott-argues-trump-verdict-united-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has effectively united the Republican Party behind supporting the former president<\/a>. He claimed he had \u201cNever Trumpers\u201d contact him and explain that they are now in support of Trump after the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3007044\/young-voters-trump-biden-two-defining-issues-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>A poll from last month<\/a> indicated that younger voters trust Trump more than Biden in addressing the topics of reducing prices and border security. Of those polled in the survey, both inflation and the economy were cited as their most prioritized topics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford from The Washington Examiner argued that Donald Trump&#8217;s increased support comes from new voters who oppose his guilty verdict. Trump, the first former president convicted of a felony crime, faced guilty verdicts on all 34 counts in his hush money trial, potentially impacting his future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2258961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24154791069324-1-1024x645.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24154791069324-1-1024x645.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}