The POLITICO/Morning Consult poll was conducted on August 10 - two days after agents searched Mar-a-Lago - and found that 57 percent of Republicans picked Trump over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. More may be revealed about the case if a judge in Florida goes ahead and orders the unsealing of the FBI's affidavit seeking the warrant, albeit likely in redacted form.Įven so, Trump's base has been whipped into a frenzy by rightwing radio presenters, who have even compared the FBI with the Nazi Gestapo and East Germany's Stasi secret police.Ī property receipt unsealed after last Monday's raid showed the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents as part of its investigation into presidential filesĪ poll published last week suggested the raid had given Trump a boost over his nearest Republican rival for the 2024 nomination. The court records did not provide more specific details about what the documents contained, other than that one set was labeled 're: the President of France' and another included Roger Stone's grant of clemency. Some were marked not just top secret but also 'sensitive compartmented information,' a category designed to safeguard the nation's most important secrets. 'Polls are showing that some lost Republican territory over the last number of weeks has been more than made up with the unannounced Break In by the FBI, which should never have happened!'Īt the same time, however, some key donors and strategists have told that they believe Trump has steered the party to weak candidates for November's midterms and that his hold on the GOP will not survive much longer.įBI agents conducted the search as part of an investigation into documents taken to Trump's Florida headquarters after he left office last year.Ī property receipt unsealed Friday showed the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents. 'Republicans could win many additional seats, both in the House & Senate, because of the strong backlash over the raid at Mat-a-Lago,' he posted on his Truth Social media platform last week. Trump himself has said it will deliver seats to Republicans in November's midterms and senior officials wonder whether it will prompt the former president to jump into the 2024 race earlier than anticipated. The poll of 1000 registered voters was conducted from August 12 to 16, a week after FBI agents triggered a storm among Trump allies by arriving at dawn with warrant to search Mar-a-Lago. In contrast, some 50 percent said they put party ahead of Trump - down from 58 percent when then question was last asked.
The NBC News poll found that 41 percent of Republicans said they supported the former president more than the party, up seven points since May. It is the latest sign that Trump could win a political dividend from the search of his Florida home, tightening his grip on the party's grassroots supporters.
The number of Republicans who say they support Donald Trump ahead of the party surged after the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago, according to a poll published on Sunday.
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