Biden campaign on Trump guilty verdict: "He still could win"

And even though the president will likely discuss a guilty verdict at times on the campaign trail, his team doesn’t view his opponent’s conviction as likely to meaningfully change the trajectory of the campaign. But it could make a difference along the margins, and that may matter in a race expected to be extremely close.

 

“On voter sentiment, what I’ve seen is that there are some voters, especially moderate and Independent voters, who were not enthused about Trump’s involvement in all of these criminal trials. It casts doubt about his character,” said Matt Barreto, a Democratic pollster who works with the Biden campaign. “I think [the verdict] will weigh on some voters’ minds, but the election is in November, and for me and for the campaign, we are singularly focused on winning at the ballot box.”