A majority of Americans are in favor of condemning the former President Trump
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The survey found that 56 percent were in favor of the former president’s conviction, the same percentage who said they supported it in an ABC News-Ipsos poll released Sunday.
The same percentage of respondents in the CBS poll also believed the president encouraged violence by pro-Trump rioters in the Capitol on Jan. 6. This included 88 percent of Democrats, 21 percent of Republicans, and 54 percent of independents. In January, Trump’s second impeachment, a historic first, accused him of instigating an uprising against the United States. A conviction would permanently ban Trump from public office, reportedly a 2024 bid.
To get the necessary two-thirds majority to condemn Trump, 17 Republicans would have to back it up, an outcome considered unlikely.
The poll results show that the Republican base continues to support the former president and would take offense at GOP senators voting for conviction, with 71 percent saying they would view a vote for impeachment or conviction as an act of disloyalty.
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A slightly smaller percentage of Republicans, 73 percent, believe loyalty to Trump is somewhat or very important, compared to 27 percent who think it is not too important or not at all.
The poll also examined the respective views of Republicans and Democrats of each other and found that 57 percent of Republicans view Democrats as “enemies,” compared to 43 percent who view them as “political opposition.” In contrast, 59 percent of Democrats view Republicans as “political opposition,” compared to 41 percent who view them as “enemies.”
Surveyors surveyed 2,508 American adults from Feb. 5-8. The survey has a margin of error of 2.3 points.