福克斯新闻周日早上发布的一项民意调查发现,54%的大多数美国人认为唐纳德·特朗普总统应该被弹劾,众议院很可能在本周通过这项投票。
最新福克斯新闻进行的民意测验上周发现,所有政治派别的大多数美国成年人都说特朗普滥用职权,50%的美国人说他应该被弹劾并罢免总统职务。另有4%的人说他应该被弹劾,但不能被免职。接受调查的人拒绝特朗普和共和党人吹捧的说法,即美国总统在调查政治对手时通常会向外国政府寻求帮助,只有22%的受访者表示国防检查合格。同样的多数,52%,表示特朗普政府在众议院弹劾调查中合作不够。
更新:特朗普又一次回答周日下午在推特上对福克斯新闻不利的投票;“总是不准确的@福克斯新闻民调,对民主党的权重很大。太荒谬了-同样的事情发生在2016年。他们全搞错了。找一个新的民意测验专家!”
支持弹劾的选民人数略有上升,原因是支持弹劾的独立选民比例从10月份的38%上升到45%,创下新高。
大约16%以上的选民表示,共和党议员只想在政治上保护特朗普,而不是回顾导致针对他的两项弹劾条款——滥用权力和阻挠国会。
只有不到一半的受访美国人(48%)表示,他们认为特朗普阻挠了国会,而只有34%的人表示没有。45%的受访者表示,他们认为特朗普犯了贿赂罪。但是超过一半的美国人,53%,说特朗普滥用了椭圆形办公室的权力。
特朗普此前曾抨击福克斯新闻和几个有线新闻网不那么热心支持特朗普的主播和主持人。周六晚上,特朗普抨击福克斯新闻周日早上播出的“采访卑鄙小人&完全不可信的”前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米。
“不知道为什么@福克斯新闻想要更像他们?当其他出口取而代之时,他们都会一起死去。只有特朗普福克斯的专业节目表现出色。休息没什么。谢普怎么样了?”特朗普周六在推特上提到了前福克斯新闻主播谢泼德·史密斯,他已于10月离开该网络。
鉴于3个百分点的误差幅度,自今年秋季早些时候弹劾调查开始以来,希望特朗普被弹劾或免职的美国人比例没有变化。福克斯新闻41%的受访者表示,他们不希望特朗普被弹劾,这一比例没有改变一个百分点。虽然那些说他们希望特朗普被弹劾,但没有被免职的人,也没有从4%改变。
绝大多数民主党人,85%,表示他们支持罢免或弹劾总统。而几乎相同比例的共和党人说的正好相反。
10月份,特朗普猛烈抨击福克斯新闻,进行了一次类似的民意调查,显示略微多数的美国人支持弹劾他。
FOX NEWS POLL: 54 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAY TRUMP SHOULD BE IMPEACHED
A Fox News poll released Sunday morning found a majority of Americans, 54 percent, said President Donald Trump should be impeached, a vote the House is likely to pass this coming week.
The latest Fox News poll conducted last week found a majority of U.S. adults of all political affiliations say Trump abused his power in office, with 50 percent of Americans saying he should be impeached and removed as president. An additional 4 percent say he should be impeached but not removed from office. Those surveyed rejected the claim touted by Trump and Republicans that U.S. presidents typically ask foreign governments for help in investigating political rivals, with only 22 percent of respondents saying that defense checks out. A similar majority, 52 percent, said the Trump administration has not cooperated enough with the House impeachment inquiry.
Update: Trump once again responded to the unfavorable Fox News poll on Twitter Sunday afternoon; "The @foxnewPolls, always inaccurate, are heavily weighted toward Dems. So ridiculous - same thing happened in 2016. They got it all wrong. Get a new pollster!"
The slight upward tick in those supporting impeachment comes as a result of a new high in independent voters, 45 percent, who favor impeachment, up from 38 percent in October.
About 16 percent more voters said Republican lawmakers just want to protect Trump politically instead of reviewing the accusations which led to the two articles of impeachment against him -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Just fewer than half of Americans surveyed, 48 percent, said they believe Trump obstructed Congress, while only 34 percent said they did not. And 45 percent of respondents said they believe Trump committed bribery. But more than half of Americans, 53 percent, said Trump abused the power of the Oval Office.
Trump has previously railed against the Fox News and several of the cable news network's less enthusiastically pro-Trump anchors and hosts. On Saturday night, Trump blasted Fox News for "interviewing sleazebag & totally discredited" former FBI Director James Comey, which aired Sunday morning.
"Don't know why @FoxNews wants to be more like them? They'll all die together as other outlets take their place. Only pro Trump Fox shows do well. Rest are nothing. How's Shep doing?" Trump tweeted Saturday, referencing former Fox News anchor Shepard Smith, who left the network in October.
Given the 3 percentage point margin of error, the share of Americans who want to see Trump impeached or removed from office has not changed since the beginning of the impeachment inquiry earlier this fall. Forty-one percent of those surveyed by Fox News said they do not want to see Trump impeached, which has not changed a single percentage point. While those saying they want to see Trump impeached, but not removed, also has not changed from 4 percent.
An overwhelming majority of Democrats, 85 percent, said they support removing or impeaching the president. While a nearly identical percentage of Republicans said the exact opposite.
In October, Trump lashed out against Fox News for a similar poll which showed a slight majority of Americans support his impeachment.