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Paul Manafort has received his second sentence, so his total sentence comes out to about seven years, with no eligibility for parole, because he's guilty of federal crimes.
All the news anchors and pundits are saying that Manafort is angling for a pardon from Donald Trump. It makes sense. But will Trump give Manafort a pardon. My guess is that polling will decide. If polls show that pardoning Manafort will boost support from Trumps MAGA followers and voters in general, Trump will probably do it. If polling shows that it hurts Trump in the general election, he'll be less likely to pardon.
But another factor is which pollsters even ask the question and whether they make it public.
My guess is that Rasmussen, the conservative and only pollster that routinely shows Trump with net positive approval ratings, will run a poll. I'm not sure they'll make it public. And their poll will probably show that Trump's approval increases with the pardon. But they are, in my opinion, a very unreliable and untrustworthy pollster, so it will be important for other polling organizations to ask the question: "If President Trump pardons Paul Manafort will that increase or decrease the likelihood you will vote for him?
The big question is ,Will pollsters ask the question?
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