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Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast. I'm Gailen Drew. Think back, if you will,

to the beginning of 2024, before Biden's infamous debate, before the candidate swap, and before Trump won the election.

It seemed like one of the most significant hurdles for then-candidate Trump might be his mounting legal troubles. He was facing four separate criminal indictments and civil liability as well.

In fact, an ABC News poll from May found that 16% of

Trump supporters said they'd reconsider their backing if he were convicted of a felony, and 4%

said they would withdraw their support altogether. At the time, those numbers seemed like

they could have real consequences for the former president.

Fast forward to today, and the political landscape looks very different.

The chaos of this year's campaign shifted the nation's attention away from Trump's legal

battles in ways that few could have anticipated, and what once seemed like a central issue to the

election became more of a footnote. But while those cases

may not have defined the election, some of them may still have some ramifications for Trump

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