Conviction for Trump on any criminal charges can prevent him from running for WH

A conviction for former President Donald Trump on any criminal charges he is facing across four separate cases will not prevent him from running for the White House but it will cost him the support of a third of his own Republican party voters and Independents according to polls and deprive him of his own vote reported news agency IANSTrump is currently on trial in Manhattan in a case of falsification of business records in regard to hushmoney he allegedly paid an adult porn star in 2016 for not going public with their affairConviction for Donald Trump He is facing 34 charges in the caseHe is facing 34 charges in the case each of which carries the punishment of four years in jail But a conviction will not land him in prison immediately as he will be able to appeal it in the appellate court and eventually the Supreme Court reported IANSThe other three cases have not gone on trial yetA ReutersIpsos poll in February found that while the majority of Americans 55 per cent will not vote for Trump if he is either convicted or is in jail a third of Republicans 32 per cent said they wont and 24 per cent said they were not sure yet of what they will do reported IANSA vast majority of Democrats 9037 said they wonrsquot vote for him if he was convicted or jailedConviction for Donald Trump Independent voters are criticalAnother poll by Ipsos done with Politico magazine in Month found that a third of Independent voters said they would be less likely to support Trump if he were to be convicted in the Justice Departmentrsquos case against him for trying to subvert the 2020 election through the January 6 insurrection and the Manhattan case of falsifying business records reported IANSIndependent voters are critical in determining the electoral outcomes in the handful of swing states that decide the presidential election every cycleThe poll did not cover views about the two other cases mishandling of classified documents and trying to overturn the 2020 vote count in GeorgiaA conviction would not however stop him from running The US Constitution only lays down three qualification rules for running for President 35 years of age a naturalborn citizen and a resident of the US for 14 years reported IANSThere are no rules on criminals and felons and although some states have barred felons from running these rules do not apply to elections for federal offices But a conviction will take away his vote in Florida where he livesConviction for Donald Trump He could switch to New York statePeople convicted of a felony are disenfranchised by Florida state law till the completion of the jail sentence or payment of a fine Felons can however apply for a waiver from the GovernorHe could however switch to New York state where he has lived most of his life to keep his vote because of the more permissive rules which allow felons to vote during parole or probation reported IANSBut if he is imprisoned he will lose his vote Only the states of Vermont Maine and Washington DC allow felons to voteConviction for Donald Trump The four cases against TrumpFalsification of business records Manhattan New York Trump faces 34 charges of falsifying records to pay Stormy Daniels an adult film star to keep quiet about an affair they had in 2005 he has denied the affair The money was paid to Daniels by Michael Cohen a onetime fixer for Trump and he was later reimbursed as legal feesMishandling of classified documents The US Justice Department has charged Trump with 40 counts for carrying away classified documents from the White House at the end of his term He had held on to them despite requests from the National Archives which is the custodian of all presidential records President Joe Biden was also found later to have carried away classified documents after his two terms as Vice President in 2016 reported IANSJanuary 6 efforts to overturn 2020 presidential election The US Justice Department has also charged Trump with four counts for instigating supporters to attack the US Capitol home to the US Congress to stop a joint sitting of the two chambers to prevent the certification of Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election reported IANSGeorgia state efforts to overturn 2020 vote count The former President faces 13 counts of conspiring with his accomplices over the vote count in the state to overturn his defeat to Biden into victoryWith inputs from IANS