jennifer5
01.07.05, 07:59
and he did.
Impeachment Question Shows Bitterness of Divide
In a sign of the continuing partisan division of the nation, more than two-in-
five (42%) voters say that, 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. While half (50%) of respondents do not
hold this view, supporters of impeachment outweigh opponents in some parts of
the country.
Among those living in the Western states, a 52% majority favors Congress
using the impeachment mechanism while just 41% are opposed; in Eastern
states, 49% are in favor and 45% opposed. In the South, meanwhile,
impeachment is opposed by three-in-five voters (60%) and supported by just
one-in-three (34%); in the Central/Great Lakes region, 52% are opposed and
38% in favor.
Impeachment is overwhelmingly rejected in the Red States—just 36% say they
agree Congress should use it if the President is found to have lied on Iraq,
while 55% reject this view; in the “Blue States” that voted for Massachusetts
Democrat John Kerry in 2004, meanwhile, a plurality of 48% favors such
proceedings while 45% are opposed.
A large majority of Democrats (59%) say they agree that the President should
be impeached if he lied about Iraq, while just three-in-ten (30%) disagree.
Among President Bush’s fellow Republicans, a full one-in-four (25%) indicate
they would favor impeaching the President under these circumstances, while
seven-in-ten (70%) do not. Independents are more closely divided, with 43%
favoring impeachment and 49% opposed.
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