The poll was conducted by CNN and ORC International.
One-third of Americans believe President Barack Obama ought to be impeached, according to a new poll conducted by CNN and ORC International.
Exactly 33 percent of the 1,012 people polled believe Obama should be impeached, 65 believe he should not, and the rest had no opinion. Fifty-seven percent of all Republicans believe Obama should be impeached, but only 13 percent of all Democrats and 35 percent of all Independents. The poll also distinguished other demographics, such as male and female, but no other demographic categories were as divided as the partisan demographic.
The poll also asked whether the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives should file a lawsuit against the President, a lawsuit which only Thursday was approved to be voted on. Forty-one percent of people agreed, with 75 percent of all Republicans agreeing, 12 percent of Democrats, and 43 percent of Independents.
Asked on what grounds Congress ought to impeach a president, given only the following options, 79 percent of people polled said only for serious crimes like treason, while 18 percent said for dissatisfaction with his job or policies.
A similar poll conducted by Fox News between the 20 and the 22 of this month said 36 percent of people support impeaching Obama with 61 percent opposed.
DNC national press secretary Michael Czin said in an email to news source POLITICO, “As the CNN poll finds, the majority of Americans support the President taking action if Congress will not and they oppose the GOP’s sham lawsuit and talk of impeachment. The American people want the President, and Congress, to tackle important issues, like commonsense immigration reform, equal pay and raising the minimum wage – so while Republicans waste time on political stunts, those are the issues the President and Democrats will continue to fight for.”
Of the 1,012-person poll sample conducted July 18-20, 32 percent were Democrats, 24 Republican, and 44 were members of another party. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.
CNN is an American news source and ORC International is a market research agency.
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