A majority of New Hampshire voters now backs the impeachment inquiry into whether President Trump improperly influenced Ukranian officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, a new Franklin Pierce University-Boston Herald poll reveals.
More than 42 percent of Granite State voters say they “strongly” support an impeachment inquiry while 13 percent “moderately” back the impeachment inquiry, according to the poll of 827 likely primary voters.
A nearly equal number — 52 percent — said that if Trump did influence Ukraine to investigate Biden, then they support efforts to remove Trump from office.
Twenty-nine percent “strongly” opposed impeachment efforts, while 12 percent “moderately” opposed the inquiry now led by Democrats in the U.S. House.
The Franklin Pierce University-Herald poll results indicate dwindling support for Trump in the politically important first-in-the-nation primary state.
While Trump is still strongly supported by Republican voters, 57 percent of registered independents now back an impeachment inquiry, indicating Trump is starting to lose the middle ground in the Granite State.
Voters are also divided along partisan lines over the question of whether they approved of Vice President Mike Pence taking over if Trump is convicted in the U.S. Senate and removed from office.
A total of 54 percent of all voters — Democrats and Republicans — strongly or moderately approved of Pence taking office, while 41 percent disapproved of Pence taking over.
But just one third of likely Democratic primary voters say they approve of Pence taking over, while 74 percent of likely Republican voters backed the vice president assuming the Oval Office.
The partisan split was just as stark when voters were asked whether they approved of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi taking the reins of presidential power if both Trump and Pence were removed from office.
While 50 percent of all voters back Pelosi taking over, just 22 percent of Republican voters approved of a Pelosi takeover. Seventy-six percent of Democrats either strongly or moderately backed Pelosi becoming President.
A slim majority of voters — 52 percent — say the identity of the whistleblower in the Ukraine scandal should remain secret, while just 39 percent say the whistleblower should be publicly identified, according to the poll.
More than 75 percent of likely Democratic voters agree the whistleblower should not be publicly identified, while 62 percent of likely Republican voters say the whistleblower should be named.
More than 55 percent of all New Hampshire voters say they believe Trump requested Ukranian officials to investigate Biden, while 26 percent say they don’t agree that Trump made the request to Ukraine to go after Biden. That question was also sharply split along partisan lines, with nearly 50 percent of likely Republican voters indicating they don’t believe Trump requested Ukraine to look into Biden.
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