How Trump's trial is (not) changing the polls

We're now in the second week of testimony in the trial of former President Donald Trump, in which he's accused of paying hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. That means the trial has now theoretically had enough time to affect how Americans view the presumptive Republican nominee. However, many aren't paying close attention, and their opinions on him haven't really changed.

The vast majority of adults (87 percent) said they had heard either a lot or a little about the trial now unfolding in Manhattan, according to a YouGov/The Economist poll conducted April 28-30. But a majority (55 percent) of respondents to a Marist/NPR/PBS NewsHour poll from April 22-25 said they were not watching it closely or at all. An earlier SSRS/CNN poll from April 18-23 found the same thing — 51 percent said they were not following the trial closely, while 49 percent said they were.