Until recently, Donald Trump spent his entire life in NYC, mostly in Manhattan. He followed in his father's footsteps and built a rather successful career in the city. The citizens of Manhattan knew him well, as I did living in the NY suburbs for 46 years. Yet Trump garnered about 16% of the vote in Manhattan in the 2020 election from those voters who knew him so well. The people in Manhattan are not dumb. They understand Trump and almost all could never support him.
Trump was convicted by a jury of his peers. I find it hard to believe that the jury pool did not include any of those 16% that voted for Trump. Yet the vote on all 34 counts was unanimous.
We will see in the next month or so if the felony convictions have any impact on the polls. Recent polls have indicated that Trump supporters would withdraw their support if Trump was found guilty.We shall see.