The U.S. House already voted to impeach Donald Trump on a single charge of “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
One week ahead of former President Donald Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, polling data suggests that nearly half of unaffiliated voters believe members of the congressional chamber should vote to convict him. Results of a recent Marist Poll, which collected responses from roughly 1,150 adults nationwide between January 24 and 27, indicated that 49 percent of participants who identified as political independents support Trump’s conviction. Another 39 percent of unaffiliated individuals believed that senators should acquit him of the impeachment charged already passed by U.S. House representatives. Figures additionally showed that 90 percent of Democratic participants backed the former president’s conviction, while just 5 percent of Republicans said the same.
