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Half of voters support impeaching Trump and removing him from office, new poll finds – CNN, CNN

Half of voters support impeaching Trump and removing him from office, new poll finds – CNN, CNN


Washington (CNN)Half of American voters want President Donald Trump impeached and removed from office, according to a poll released Sunday fromFox Newsthat was taken asHouse Democrats unveiled two articles of impeachmentagainst the President.

According to the poll, another 4% of voters surveyed nationwide say the President should be impeached but not removed from office, and (*******************************************% oppose impeachment altogether. Respondents were surveyed for the poll between December 8 to (*************************************************************, and the results remain unchanged from the last two iterations of the poll, which were conducted in October as Democrats probed Trump’s dealings with Ukraine .

The latest poll comes the same weekHouse Democrats are expected to pass two articles of impeachment against Trump,charging the President with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The full House vote is expected to set up a trial in the Senate.

According to the December poll, 57% of voters say Trump abused his power, 53% say he obstructed Congress, and (**************************************************% think that he committed bribery. Sixty percent of voters say it is generally wrong for Trump to ask leaders of foreign countries to investigate political rivals.

The House this week will consider a charge that Trump abused his power by withholding nearly $ 461 million in US military aid and a White House meeting while pressuring Ukraine’s president to investigate a potential political rival. The second charge accuses Trump of obstructing Congress by thwarting the House’s investigative efforts.

On Sunday, the poll showed that registered voters are split over whether Democrats in Congress are running the impeachment inquiry fairly, with 45% saying they are and 48% saying they are not. Republicans have criticized how Democrats have handled the impeachment proceedings, questioning the fairness of the process and demanding their own witnesses. Democrats, though, have dismissed those claims.

    *** The President’s approval rating in the poll stands. at 53%, while his disapproval rating is at (% – a slight improvement since October’s) **************************************************% approval rating and (**********************************************% disapproval rating.Analysis: Trump has weathered impeachment better than Clinton Biden leads Sanders and Warren**************

      The new poll also surveyed registered voters on the 191203173008 Democratic presidential contest, finding that former Vice President Joe Biden is leading the pack of contenders with (********************************************% of voters saying they want to see him as the party’s nominee. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is in second at 39, while Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in third with 16%. Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, landed at 7%, while former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar were at 5% each.

      Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and entrepreneur Andrew Yang are at 3% each and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is at 2%.

      Next week, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Yang and businessman Tom Steyer will participate in a Democratic debatein Los Angeles where the candidates will likely face tough questioning on their positions ahead of the start of the primary season.

            looking ahead to the general election, hypothetical matchups in the poll show Biden, Sanders and Bloomberg each topping Trump by a significant margin, while Warren and Buttigieg each run about even with the President.

            The Fox News Poll was conducted by both landlines and cellphones from December 8 to (with 1,Analysis: Trump has weathered impeachment better than Clinton randomly chosen registered voters in the United States. The poll has a margin of sampling error of /- 3 percentage points for all registered voters.

            CNN’s Jennifer Agiesta and Paul LeBlanc contributed to this report.

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