Trump's post-indictment GOP rallying effect is real

The indictment of Donald Trump has coincided with his suddenly gaining ground on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 GOP primaries. While we don’t have extensive post-indictment data, virtually all of it shows Trump widening a lead that DeSantis had spent months trying to close.

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And other polling, not focused on the head-to-head matchup, reinforces that there has indeed been a Trump rallying effect in the GOP — if not with the public at large.

A CBS News-YouGov poll released Monday got at this perhaps better than any post-indictment poll.

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