Trump thinks his arrest helped his presidential chances. He’s wrong | Robert Reich

He's rocketing toward a Republican nomination - and alienating independent voters crucial in the general election

In February, Ron DeSantis led Donald Trump 45% to 41% in the Yahoo/YouGov poll. But Trump's indictment has reversed the race.

Just after Trump said he would be arrested, he moved into the lead - 47% of Republican and Republican-leaning voters preferred him, compared with 39% for DeSantis. Now, after his arraignment, Trump's lead has widened - 57% to 31%.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com