04/28/2024
  • Pollsters and political strategists say Trump is more likely to win in 2024 after Colorado ruled to keep the ex-president off the primary ballot 
  • ‘Every time Trump has [h]ad an adverse engagement with the legal system, it has been like rocket fuel,’ strategist Scott Jennings told DailyMail.com
  • READ MORE: Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot 

A bombshell ruling by Colorado to remove Donald Trump from the state’s primary election ballot will be ‘rocket fuel’ for his chances of winning the White House in a 2024 rematch against Joe Biden, pollsters and pundits predict.

The former president’s son Eric Trump also claimed the Colorado Supreme Court‘s decision will increase his father’s frontrunner status in the Republican primary race by at least 5 percent.

It came after a Tuesday night ruling by the state’s highest court that Trump violated clause 3 of the 14th Amendment – the Constitution’s so-called ‘insurrection clause’.

The 4-3 decision from Democratic-appointed justices was that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6 , 2021 and therefore disqualified himself from running for public office.

It is the first time in history that the insurrection clause has been used to prevent a presidential candidate from appearing on a state’s presidential ballot.

But Trump’s campaign plans to take the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court, where the break-down is six conservative justices to three liberal justices. Three of the sitting justices were appointed by Trump.

High-profile pollster and political consultant Frank Luntz said in an interview Tuesday that the Colorado ruling will have ‘the same impact as his 91 indictments,’ which saw Trump’s poll numbers jump.

‘Trump is now even more likely to beat Biden,’ he predicted in the interview.

Trump is facing felony charges in New York, Washington, D.C., Florida and Georgia related to election interference, mishandling of classified documents and hush money payments.

With each new set of charges, Trump saw boosts to his polling in his already commanding primary race lead.

‘Every time Trump has [h]ad an adverse engagement with the legal system, it has been like rocket fuel with Republican voters because it reinforces his core message that he is (and has been) unfairly treated since the moment he burst on to the scene,’ Republican strategist Scott Jennings said in a statement to DailyMail.com.

‘Republicans see this in the same way they saw two impeachments, the indictments, the Russia investigation, and all the rest – just another attempt by the elites and the Democrats to stop Trump and his voters from getting a fair shake in an election,’ he added in lining up with Luntz’s take on the latest ruling.

‘For Trump haters, this is like getting drunk at your office Christmas Party,’ Jennings said. ‘It may seem like fun tonight, but you will really, really regret it tomorrow.’