National poll: US majority wants to see Trump removed from office
National poll: US majority wants to see Trump removed from office
The latest polling suggests Republican rhetoric about Trump and his scandal isn't resonating nearly as much as the party likes to think.
By Steve Benen
As Donald Trump's impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate, a new CNN poll offers the president and his party very little in the way of encouraging news.
About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%), according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while 45% say the Senate should vote against conviction and removal.
Nearly seven in 10 (69%) say that upcoming trial should feature testimony from new witnesses who did not testify in the House impeachment inquiry.
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The latest polling suggests Republican rhetoric about Trump and his scandal isn't resonating nearly as much as the party likes to think.
By Steve Benen
As Donald Trump's impeachment trial gets underway in the Senate, a new CNN poll offers the president and his party very little in the way of encouraging news.
About half of Americans say the Senate should vote to convict President Donald Trump and remove him from office in the upcoming impeachment trial (51%), according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, while 45% say the Senate should vote against conviction and removal.
Nearly seven in 10 (69%) say that upcoming trial should feature testimony from new witnesses who did not testify in the House impeachment inquiry.
READ MORE: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/n...
