Majority says in favor of conviction as Trump impeachment trial begins: poll

Majority of Americans support condemnation of elders President TrumpDonald TrumpDOJ Calls for Resignation of Most Trump-Appointed U.S. Lawyers: Report Trump’s Lawyer Withdraws Request Not to Hold Impeachment Trial on Saturday Kinzinger in Calls to GOP Senators to Convict Trump in Impeachment Trial MORE in his second impeachment trial this week, according to a CBS-YouGov poll released Tuesday.

The survey found 56% supported the former president’s conviction, the same percentage who said they supported it in an ABC News-Ipsos poll released on Sunday.

The same percentage of people polled in the CBS poll also believed the president had encouraged violence by pro-Trump rioters on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. This included 88% of Democrats, 21% of Republicans and 54% of Independents. In January, Trump’s second indictment, a historic first, accused him of inciting an insurgency against the United States. A conviction would definitively exclude Trump, according to rumors, from a candidacy in 2024, from the public service.

To get the two-thirds majority needed to condemn Trump, 17 Republicans would have to back him, an outcome deemed unlikely.

Poll results indicate that the Republican base continues to support the former president and would take offense to GOP senators voting for conviction, with 71% saying they would view an impeachment or conviction vote as an act of disloyalty.

After the Speaker of the House Republican Conference Liz cheneyElizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney The Memo: Democrats, GOP Face Danger From Trump Trial The Hill’s Morning Report – Brought to you by TikTok – Trump’s Senate Trial to Dominate This Week Trump’s Trial Set to Consume Capitol MORE (Wyo.) Became the highest ranking Republican to vote for impeachment, the Wyoming GOP voted to censor her.

A slightly lower percentage of Republicans, 73%, believe loyalty to Trump is somewhat or very important, compared to 27% who think it is not too much or not at all important.

The poll also examined the respective views of Republicans and Democrats and found that 57% of Republicans see Democrats as “enemies” compared to 43% who see them as “political opposition”. In contrast, 59% of Democrats see Republicans as “political opposition”, compared to 41% who see them as “enemies”.

Pollsters surveyed 2,508 American adults from February 5 to 8. The survey has a margin of error of 2.3 points.