Majority in poll want Trump impeached or censured

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hilll

Nearly 60 percent of U.S. voters surveyed say President Trump should be either impeached and removed from office or formally censured, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill.

The poll shows that a majority of voters polled think some kind of action should be taken against Trump, though they are divided on how far lawmakers should go as Democrats prepare to take over the House majority.

Asked whether Trump should be impeached and removed from office for his actions, censured by Congress or whether Congress should take no action, 39 percent of respondents said Trump should be impeached and removed from office.

Impeachment would require a majority vote by the House - a possibility with a Democratic majority, though leadership in the party have been cautious on the topic. Conviction in the Senate would require a two-thirds vote, something unlikely in a body that will have 53 Republicans.

Twenty percent of poll respondents said lawmakers should vote to formally censure the president.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423107-majority-in-poll-want-trump-impeached-or-censured

[bdamomma]

1. he continues

to rape this country, how much more abuse can we take???

Putin must be so proud

[maddiemom]

15. Electoral College

[Achilleaze]

2. ...but russians & republicans continue to back the Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

as he continues to wreak havoc on America.

Sad.

[maddiemom]

16. Electoral College

[CTyankee]

29. This is something we can change. Can't we?

We can repeal the Electoral College provision, right?

[maddiemom]

30. Some states have already done it on their own:

pledging their electoral votes to the popular vote winner. Apparently it's just "so much trouble (sigh)" on a national basis. The Republicans were, by all reports, going to raise Holy Hell if the 2000 election had gone the other way (Bush the popular vote and Gore the Electoral College).

[Hoyt]

3. With only 39% choosing impeachment/removal, we can forget that unless

Mueller comes up with something we haven’t even suspected. Censure would be a victory for trump and meaningless.

[tecelote]

5. Maybe not today but we might be trending toward impeachment/removal.

39% today. I think it was a lot less a month ago.

A coupe months in to the new House and we might have a majority.

[karynnj]

6. It may be worth censoring him or impeaching him based on these numbers, but only after

Mueller is done.

It is a judgment on him just to be impeached - just as it was for Bill Clinton -- or censored. The difference is that the majory of the country did not consider Clinton's offenses as deserving impeachment - even as a majority of the House did. Trump's, when laid out, may be so serious that some Republican Senators will be loath to defend him and they do cannot, as the Democrats did in 1999 - have speeches where they used strong words criticizing Clinton, but then explained why it did not rise to high crimes and misdemeanors.

In both the House and the Senate, the reasons for doing either would be discussed in carefully written speeches. (I read most of the Democratic ones on Clinton and they were fascinating.) In both cases, it will mark a point in the administartion where he is held accountable.

[Hoyt]

9. 39% is not enough to force removal, or even impeachment.

If only 39% are for impeachment, Pelosi would never allow it on the Floor because some Democrats would vote against it.

Censure is a victory for trump, and a waste of time.

I’m hoping this poll is an abberation, because the results are disappointing.

[karynnj]

11. It takes 50% of the House -- not the population as a whole

In April 1998 - slightly over 6 months before Clinton was impeached in the House, a poll showed only 18% thought he should be impeached Yet he was impeached.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/10/polls/impeachment/

Note he was then still at 67% approval, a level Trump has NEVER reached - not even on Rassmussen!

[Hoyt]

14. If only 39% of public is for impeachment, it won't happen.

Pelosi wouldn’t bring it up for vote.

[maddiemom]

17. Electoral College

[flibbitygiblets]

23. seriously?

[maddiemom]

26. I just can't stop. The stupidiest thing in our "democracy."

If Republicans had won the popular vote in 2000 and lost the presidency, does anyone imagine they'd have let it happen again in 2016?

[red dog 1]

4. "Majority in poll want Trump impeached or censured"??

What good would a "censure" vote do?

(From the OP)
"Twenty percent of poll respondents said lawmakers should vote to formally censure the president....
Forty-one percent of respondents said Congress should take no action against the president, according to the survey of 1,473 registered voters."

So, essentially, this poll finds that 61 percent of Americans do NOT want the bastard impeached!

What a country!


(K&R)

[karynnj]

7. Even our party leaders are not yet advocating for impeachment

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I would take this poll to be that many have already moved to the rare situation of censuring a President. I think of it as a transition state that could be moved to favor impeachment if there was movement to that. I also think many in that category will agree that Trump has already been shown to have done things that are wrong. The Mueller case is not complete and - importantly - much is not public. When that happens AND our leaders are making the case - that they are not making, I suspect that a huge proportion of the "censor" group will switch to impeach. Depending how strong the case is, he might actually be removed.

[red dog 1]

8. I hope and pray you're right!

[maddiemom]

19. Electoral College

[red dog 1]

21. "Electoral College"??

I don't understand.

[maddiemom]

25. The only reason Trump is in office (or was Dubya).

Screwed the majority of us over twice in sixteen years . Solutions?

[red dog 1]

28. The solution is obvious...It's time to get rid of the Electoral College.

Perhaps after the 2020 elections when Democrats will (hopefully) control both houses of Congress.

[LiberalFighter]

10. How the hell would Congress censure him??

I am unaware of any process that would provide for it. Who the hell came up with censuring him? That is only available as an option against members of Congress. Who the hell is the buffoon? Am I wrong?

[johnp3907]

13. Andrew Jackson was censured.

Not sure what the upshot was, but I believe it was eventually expunged. Probably just for show.

[YOHABLO]

12. I really think we have to wait and see. So much is riding on the Mueller investigation.

[maddiemom]

20. Electoral College

[Ginger Snapped]

18. Bull Pucky

No one ask me, he has committed Treason, No Collusion is BS. He is guilty of Treason in my eyes. Him and his whole family should have to go live in Russia.

[GreydeeThos]

22. A censure of Trump would be worn like a badge of honor

The deplorables, nationalists, and separatists would high-five each other like they achieved a great victory.

[flibbitygiblets]

24. Censure eh? Oh yeah, that'll teach him a lesson.

Censure: "Stronger than a simple rebuke, but not as strong as expulsion."

In politics, it's "a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution"

And then Tronald J Dump will become NOT a collusiony firestorm of fecal matter raining down on our nation?

[DavidDvorkin]

27. Let's hope neither is off the table this time.