Turns Out Voters Actually Care About Porn Star Hush Money

Yet another poll has found that, yes, voters would take a criminal conviction of Donald Trump—even in an adult film star hush-money case—seriously. Trump is accused of falsifying records to cover up payments to Stormy Daniels in advance of the 2016 election; the trial is set to begin April 15 in New York.

The Reuters/Ipsos survey released Monday found that 64% of registered voters believe the fraud charges brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg are at least "somewhat serious," while 34% said the charges lacked seriousness. Voters taking the charges seriously included two-thirds of independents and roughly four in 10 Republican respondents.

But ever since the outlines of Trump’s four criminal cases took shape last year, legal analysts and some Democrats have viewed the New York hush-money case as “the runt of the litter.” The conventional wisdom became that a conviction in New York would deal a lesser blow to Trump’s presidential prospects than the election interference cases. 

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