12/16/2019

IMPEACHMENT/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a historic week begins, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Americans closely divided on whether the House of Representatives should impeach President Trump. A narrow majority opposes a conviction by the Senate that would remove him from office. In the wake of combative impeachment hearings, those surveyed oppose by 51%-45% a Senate vote to convict Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Though those results may be sobering – almost half of Americans support removing the president from office – they are a bit better for him than the survey’s findings in October, when Americans split 47%-46%. The findings underscore how durable Trump’s support has been even in the face of testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that he used military aid and a coveted Oval Office meeting to pressure the president of Ukraine to announce investigations into one of Trump’s political rivals.”

Susan Page, Nicholas Wu and William Cummings, “USA TODAY poll: Narrow majority opposes removing Trump from office if he is impeached,” USA Today, December 16, 2019 8:55 am