Former President Donald Trumps control over the Republican primary field solidified not in spite of but because of his four criminal indictments . Harry Enten, a senior data reporter, gives his assessment of whether polling data bears out the claim . Enten argues that in a potential general election rematch both President Joe Biden and Trump could be so unpopular that they need each other in order to have a chance at winning . The only thing of shifting things would be a possible conviction for anyone with a Trump-level polling lead this big one year before Election Day and not the person who blew it and not won the part of the nomination . The average of polling indicates Trump did see a small bump somewhere roughly between and points in his primary polling after the first indictment in New York. To be clear Trump would likely still be well ahead without any indictment bump. Its just that hed be in the mid to highs instead of the low to mids. To get it in your inbox sign up for free here. A version of this story appears in s What Matters newsletter. To see what you need to read in this week’s What Matters is available to you? Please email us at [email protected]/sport@[email protected] and follow us on Twitter @sportportport.com . Back to the page/dailymailonline/scandalwatch/dailyreport/slam/dailynews/news/tomtomtom/tomcat/tomarimages/tomcast/tomcastle/tomcats/tomcasts/tomcattle-tomcastle-tomcats-tomcat-tomtomcatcat/tomcats-tom-tomcasts-tomcanscapers-tomcast