Daily Mail

Former President Donald Trump's poll numbers appear to be rocketing on the eve of his appearance in a Miami courtroom on criminal charges, scheduled for Tuesday.

Trump touched down in the Sunshine State on Monday to face federal criminal charges as his campaign team plans to use the indictment to crush Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign once and for all, as his poll numbers soar.

Indeed, Trump's team are looking to harness the amount of attention being placed on the presidential candidate and are hoping to steer narrative of the legal drama in their favor, by any means possible. 

Even Trump has boasted that the indictment boosted his numbers with the latest CBS News poll putting Trump at 61 percent and DeSantis at 23 percent.

Trump's legal woes do not appear to have affected his popularity among Republican voters. 

The poll also suggests just 7 percent of likely Republican primary voters would have their view of Trump negatively affected by the indictment - with 80 percent believing that Trump should be able to serve even if convicted.