WASHINGTON – A day after the U.S. House of Representatives challenged outgoing President Donald Trump for inciting last week’s Capitol insurrection, a new NBC News poll found that American voters are divided over his impeachment and removal from office, with the majority of Republicans firmly supporting the President.
Overall, 50% of voters across the country say that Trump should be removed and removed from office, while 48% are opposed.
By party, 89% of Democratic voters believe that Trump should be removed and removed from office, compared with just 8% of Republican voters. The independents are divided, with 45% in support and 53% in opposition.
The survey was conducted from 10 to 13 January. Although the House voted to impeach the president on Wednesday, the Senate will not address the issue until January 19, just a day before the end of Trump’s term, meaning that the trial will not be concluded while he is still in office. in charge.
“Although some Republican elected officials have broken with Trump, Republican voters are with him for now,” said Democratic researcher Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates, who conducted this research with Republican researcher Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies.
“As we have seen throughout his term, an important event after an important event does little to shake Trump’s position with the Republicans,” added Horwitt.
In fact, these numbers are virtually identical to voters’ attitudes about impeaching and removing Trump in Ukraine in the December 2019 NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll.
At that time, adult respondents were divided, 48% against 48%, in the impeachment and dismissal of the president, with 83% of Democrats, but only 8% of Republicans in favor.
The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives accused Trump of his actions towards Ukraine, but the U.S. Senate acquitted him.
The poll also reveals that the majority of voters – 57 percent – believe that last week’s protests that resulted in protesters taking over the United States Capitol were an act of terrorism, against 40 percent who disagreed.
Again, there is a significant division by party here: 90% of Democratic voters view this as an act of terrorism, compared to only 27% of Republican voters.
And the poll shows 49 percent of voters saying that the attack on the Capitol is most likely to start a major spike in violent political protests and riots in the United States, while 45 percent say it is more likely to be an isolated event.
By party, 59% of Democrats believe the attack is more likely to start violent protests in the future, while only 36% of Republicans agree.
The NBC News poll was conducted from January 10 to 13, 2021 among 1,000 registered voters – 590 of whom were reached by cell phone alone – and the poll has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points.
