85% of Dems in PA Favor Pro-Impeachment
Candidates
Politcal Affairs
By David Swanson
January 28, 2006
A new poll conducted in Pennsylvania (a battleground "purple" state) by
Zogby International and commissioned by OpEdNews.com found that 84.9 percent of
Democrats said they would be likely to vote for a congressional candidate who
"supports having impeachment proceedings against President Bush." Only
7.0 percent said they were not likely to vote for such a candidate.
These questions were included in a poll asking about senatorial candidates
in Pennsylvania. The complete results are available at
www.opednews.com
The results were even stronger when people were asked "How likely would you
be to vote for a candidate who supports a recommendation of impeachment against
President Bush if he is found guilty of violating the law?" Among
Democrats, 90.8 percent responded either "very likely" or "somewhat likely"
(85.2 percent very likely).
Among Republicans, 90.4 percent said they were not likely to vote for a
pro-impeachment candidate, and 80.5 percent said they were not likely to back
even a supporter of impeaching a convicted violator of the law.
Independents leaned toward electing an impeacher, with 49.3 percent likely
and 40.6 percent not likely to vote for a pro-impeachment candidate. If
the candidate only wants to impeach a lawbreaker, 60.6 percent of Independents
are likely and 36.7 percent not likely to vote for that candidate.
Overall, 47.6 percent of poll respondents said they would be likely to
support a pro-impeachment candidate, while 46.2 percent said they would not be
likely to. Overall, 53.5 percent said they would be likely to support a
candidate who favored impeachment of Bush if he were found guilty of violating
the law, while 41.8 percent said they would not be likely to.
A separate question in the poll found that 51.1 percent of Pennsylvanians
believe Bush broke the law by spying on Americans without a court order, while
42 percent do not.
People were also asked their own opinions about impeachment, apart from the
question of candidates' platforms. Overall, 53.7 percent of
Pennsylvanians said that Bush should be impeached if found guilty of violating
the law against wiretapping American citizens, while 42.5 percent disagreed.
Among Democrats, 88.9 percent favored impeachment, while 8.4 percent did
not.
These numbers show slightly higher support for impeachment, compared to a
national poll conducted by Zogby on January 9-12.
See: AfterDowningStreet.org
The complete results of the Pennsylvania poll are available at
OpEdNews.com.
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