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Impeach and Censure Polls at a glance
Democrats.com
Bob Fertik
March 18, 2006
Submitted by Bob Fertik on August 24, 2005 - 1:09am.Impeachment | http://democrats.com/Polls

Here at a glance are the polls on the impeachment of George Bush (question wordings, along with party breakdowns and related questions on trust and honesty are summarized here):

Date Poll   Question Support Oppose Net
3/18/06 Newsweek Ad Impeach and remove 26% 69% -43%
3/18/06 Newsweek Ad Censure 42% 50% -8%
3/15/06 ARG LV Impeach 43% 50% -7
3/15/06 ARG LV Censure 48% 43% +5
2/1/06 MyDD RV Hold accountable through impeachment and removal 50% 39% +11
1/16/06 Zogby   Hold accountable through impeachment 52% 43% +9%
12/14/05 Rasmussen   Impeach and remove 35% 55% -20%
11/4/05 Zogby   Consider impeaching 53% 42% +11%
10/11/05 Ipsos   Consider impeaching 50% 44% +6%
6/30/05 Zogby LV Hold accountable through impeachment 42% 50% -8%

On 6/30/05, a Zogby poll found 42% of Americans said "if it is found that President Bush did not tell the truth about his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress should hold him accountable through impeachment."
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1007

After that poll, Democrats.com began a campaign to urge other pollsters to ask Americans about impeachment (see below). But the pollsters refused, because they were terrified they would anger Karl Rove. So AfterDowningStreet.org asked its supporters to contribute funds so we could commission impeachment polls from the same pollsters that provide periodic results to the media. AfterDowningStreet.org raised over $10,000 and made history by commissioning the first polls ever funded by the netroots.

On 10/11/05, the members of AfterDowningStreet.org paid for a poll by Ipsos Public Affairs that found Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he lied about the war in Iraq by a margin of 50%-44% - virtually a majority!

On 11/4/05, the members of AfterDowningStreet.org paid for a second poll by Zogby that found Americans want Congress to consider impeaching President Bush if he lied about the war in Iraq by a margin of 53%-42% - now a solid majority!

(Note: some observers have been confused by the "if he lied" part of the question. These polls show a solid majority of Americans believe Bush lied.)

On 12/14/05, members of AfterDowningStreet.org hired Rasmussen Reports to ask a harder-edged question: "Should President Bush be impeached and removed from Office?" 32% said yes, 58% said no. Rasmussen also asked: "Should Vice President Cheney be Impeached and Removed from Office?" 35% said yes, 55% said no. A gap between support for impeachment hearings and removal is understandable - there was a 10% gap in similar polls for President Clinton in 1998. Rasmussen's results probably understate support for impeachment and removal, because Rasmussen's polls consistently show Bush's approval ratings 5-10% higher than all other polls.
http://www.impeachpac.org/?q=http://www.democrats.com//76

On 1/16/06, members of AfterDowningStreet.org hired Zogby International to ask the first poll question relating the NSA wiretapping scandal to impeachment: "If President Bush wiretapped American citizens without the approval of a judge, do you agree or disagree that Congress should consider holding him accountable through impeachment." 52% said yes, 43% said no.
http://democrats.com/bush-impeachment-poll-2

This poll sends a stunning rebuke to pollsters (and pundits) who claim Americans support illegal wiretapping. "The American people are not buying Bush's outrageous claim that he has the power to wiretap American citizens without a warrant. Americans believe terrorism can be fought without turning our own government into Big Brother," said AfterDowningStreet.org co-founder Bob Fertik.

It's time for other pollsters to ask about impeaching George Bush. When the Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, just about every pollster in the business started polling on impeachment:
http://democrats.com/clinton-impeachment-polls

On 5/1/05, the Downing Street Memos proved Bush lied about war,  which is infinitely worse than lying about sex. So why is Bush being treated differently by the pollsters?

I'm keeping track of the major media polls since July here. Polls that include impeachment are underlined. If we paid for the poll, you'll see ($).

ABC 
7/18/05
8/30/05
Gary Langer newspolls@abc.com 
Dan Merkle daniel.m.merkle@abc.com
netaudr@abc.com
AP/Ipsos 
8/5/05
10/11/05 $
10/15/05
11/4/05
Trevor Tompson ttompson@ap.org
Will Lester wlester@ap.org
ARG
8/22/05
info@americanresearchgroup.com
CBS 
9/1/05
10/6/05
Kathy Frankovic KAF@cbsnews.com
Murray Edelman
evening@cbsnews.com
CNN 
9/19/05
10/25/05
12/19/05
jeff.greenfield@cnn.com
wolf@cnn.com
bill.schneider@turner.com
Edison  info@edisonresearch.com
Field  info@field.com
FOX 
9/15/05
10/13/05
10/27/05
11/10/05
Dana Blanton
askfox@fox.com
comments@foxnews.com
John Gorman jgorman@opiniondynamics.com
Gallup 
8/26/05
10/31/05

Frank Newport
media_inquiries@gallup.com
david_wilson@gallup.com
darby_miller_steiger@gallup.com
david_moore@gallup.com
(see 12/21/05)

Harris 
9/15/05
Randall Thomas rthomas@harrisinteractive.com
Info@harrisinteractive.com
LA Times  timespoll@latimes.com
Marist  maristpoll@marist.edu
NBC 
9/14/05
10/12/05
Mark Murray Mark.Murray@nbc.com
Sheldon Gawiser sheldon.gawiser@nbc.com
nightly@nbc.com
NY Times 
9/15/05
Rich Meislin rich@nytimes.com
Todd Purdum topurd@nytimes.com
Adam Nagourney adamnag@nytimes.com
News Desk nytnews@nytimes.com
Newsweek
8/6/05
9/10/05 
Marcus.Mabry@newsweek.com
Howard Fineman livingpolitics@aol.com

letters@newsweek.com

Pew 
10/13/05
Peyton Craighill pcraighill@pewresearch.org
Scott Keeter skeeter@pewresearch.org
info@people-press.org
Quinnipiac  pollinginstitute@quinnipiac.edu
Rasmussen 
12/14/05 $
Info@rasmussenreports.com
SurveyUSA 
8/16/05
editor@surveyusa.com
USA Today 
6/27/05
7/26/05
10/17/05
Susan Page spage@usatoday.com
Richard Benedetto rbenedetto@usatoday.com
editor@usatoday.com
Wall St Journal 
8/24/05
9/15/05
11/10/05
wsjcontact@dowjones.com, newseditors@wsj.com, john.harwood@wsj.com
Washington Post
6/28/05
8/31/05
9/15/05
10/30/05
11/20/05
12/19/05
Richard Morin morinr@washpost.com
Dan Balz balzd@washpost.com
Michael Getler ombudsman@washpost.com
Michael Abramowitz  abramowitz@washpost.com
(see Morin's excuses on 12/20/05)
Zogby
6/30/05
9/8/05
10/4/05
11/4/05 ($)

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