Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Majority support for the impeachment trifecta

What I mean by that, is that clear majorities support impeachment #2, conviction, and barring Trump from running for federal office again. Regarding political polling, in the wake of the just-completed cycle I take less for granted than ever. But these numbers do seem about right.

Not that the will of the people generally matters, in the United States Senate. With few exceptions, it's just the entitled serving the ultra-entitled.
According to Monmouth, the level of support among Americans for disciplining Trump is slightly higher now than it was when the former president was impeached for the first time in January 2020. Last year, 49% backed removing Trump from office via an impeachment conviction, while 48% opposed such a move. Now, 57% want the Senate to take action to prevent Trump from holding federal office in the future, compared with 41% who are opposed.

When respondents were informed that a ban on future office-holding must be preceded by a conviction, the support for a Senate conviction on the impeachment charge increased from 52% to 55%. - Common Dreams

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