A vast majority of Republicans believe federal criminal charges against Donald Trump are politically motivated, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed him far ahead of his nearest rival in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

The polling, which began on Friday, a day after Trump was indicted, found that 81 percent of self-identified Republicans said politics was driving the case, reflecting the deep polarization of the U.S. electorate. …

Some 62 percent of respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos poll, including 91 percent of Democrats and 35 percent of Republicans, said it was believable that Trump illegally stored classified documents at his home in Florida as alleged by prosecutors.

[Assuming this remains static (and accurately reflects the mood of the electorate), it is another reason to question whether Trump might win the nomination and lose the general election. However, reading further into it, Trump’s support in the primary has actually declined slightly from a month ago from 49/19 against DeSantis to 43/22. In other words, don’t expect this to remain static, and the lack of a significant bump in this series from the indictment announcement may signal that Trump can’t expect any more rally effect. — Ed]