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I can't imagine there's too many people who are ambivalent on Trump, but will say, "Well, somebody shot at him, so I guess I'll vote for him." I think a great deal will depend on what we learn about the shooter and his motives - if it turns out he's your garden-variety crackpot, I doubt the shooting will have much of an effect; if he's an ardent leftist with violent tendencies, I could see that playing into the conservative narrative that progressives are the "real" dangerous ones.

Honestly, I think the bump for the Republicans would have been much bigger if Trump had actually been killed, because that would have made him a martyr and cleared the way for someone who acts like Trump, but without the baggage Trump brings with him.