2020年1月31日，DC华盛顿，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和第一夫人梅兰妮·特朗普在离开白宫前往马拉加进行周末旅行时，沿着南草坪走向海洋一号。
半数登记选民希望美国参议院解除唐纳德·特朗普总统的职务，尽管参议院下周早些时候即将宣布无罪，但这几乎是肯定的。
新的投票从早上咨询和政治，1月29日至30日进行的调查发现，尽管全国很大一部分人支持定罪和免职，但只有43%的选民希望参议院宣布无罪。8%的受访者没有意见。
在周五对审判证人的投票争论得出戏剧性的结论后，民主党人没有获得任何回报，参议院准备在周三宣布一项政党路线的无罪释放，可能会有几起交叉。
11月和12月，在众议院进行弹劾调查和公职人员高调作证指控不当期间，对罢免总统的支持达到最高水平。
根据晨间咨询追踪调查，至少从10月份开始，更多的选民倾向于参议院罢免特朗普，而不是宣布他无罪。
选民也不满意国会共和党人在弹劾过程中的表现。45%的受访者表示不赞成共和党人如何处理弹劾，相比之下，38%的受访者表示赞成。
另一方面，选民在如何评价民主党人对弹劾程序的处理上意见更加一致，42%的人赞成，43%的人反对。
特朗普周四晚上在爱荷华州得梅因的一次集会上抓住了结束弹劾审判的机会。
“我们可能正经历着我们国家有史以来最美好的几年，我刚刚被弹劾！你能相信这些人吗？我被弹劾了。他们弹劾特朗普，”他对支持者说。"他们想取消你的选票，毒害我们的民主，推翻整个政府体系。"
晨间咨询公司(Morning Consult)关于大规模支持解除总统职务的调查结果与一个月前的情况相同，当时全国有一半的人表示支持定罪。
昆尼皮亚克大学周二公布的一项民意调查发现，75%的选民希望参议院传唤证人作为审判的一部分，其中包括49%的共和党人。
尽管如此，参议院周五晚上决定完全放弃证人，承诺在没有前国家安全顾问约翰博尔顿(John Bolton)额外证词的情况下迅速结束审判。博尔顿泄露的书节选增加了特朗普直接参与乌克兰援助交换的指控。
只有参议员苏珊·科林斯和米特罗姆尼站在民主党核心小组一边投票支持证人证词，而共和党多数派能够阻止这一点。
最高法院首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨，弹劾审判的主持人，也宣布他不会干预打破任何程序性事务的平局，这使得民主党领导的动议更不可能成功。
HALF OF U.S. VOTERS SUPPORT REMOVING TRUMP FROM OFFICE, NEW POLL FINDS
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk along the South Lawn to Marine One as they depart from the White House for a weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago on January 31, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Half of registered voters want the U.S. Senate to remove President Donald Trump from office, despite the near certainty of the upper chamber's impending acquittal early next week.
A new poll from Morning Consult and Politico, conducted January 29-30, found that, while a substantial portion of the nation supports conviction and removal, just 43 percent of voters want the Senate to acquit. Eight percent of respondents had no opinion.
After Friday's dramatic conclusion to vote-wrangling on trial witnesses yielded no returns for Democrats, the Senate is poised to deliver a party-line acquittal on Wednesday, with potentially a couple crossovers.
Support for removal of the president was at its highest in November and December, during the impeachment inquiry conducted by the House of Representatives and the high-profile testimony of public officials alleging impropriety.
Since at least October, more voters have preferred that the Senate remove Trump from office than acquit him, according to Morning Consult tracking surveys.
Voters are also dissatisfied with the way Republicans in Congress have conducted themselves during the impeachment process. Forty-five percent of respondents indicated disapproval over how Republicans are handling impeachment, compared with 38 percent who approve.
On the other hand, voters are more evenly divided on how they assess Democrats' handling of the impeachment process, 42 percent approving and 43 percent disapproving.
Trump seized on the closing impeachment trial Thursday evening at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
"We're having probably the best years that we've ever had in our country, and I just got impeached! Can you believe these people? I got impeached. They impeached Trump," he said to supporters. "They want to nullify your ballots, poison our democracy and overthrow the entire system of government."
Morning Consult's findings of large support for removing the president from office are identical to where they were one month ago, when half the country indicated support for a conviction.
A previous poll conducted by Quinnipiac University, released on Tuesday, found that 75 percent of voters want the Senate to call witnesses as part of their trial, including 49 percent of Republicans.
Nevertheless, the Senate decided Friday evening to forgo witnesses altogether, promising a swift conclusion to the trial without additional testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton, whose leaked book excerpts added grist to the allegation that Trump was directly involved in the Ukraine aid quid pro quo.
Only Senators Susan Collins and Mitt Romney sided with the Democratic caucus to vote for witness testimony, while a Republican majority was able to block it.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, the presiding officer of the impeachment trial, also announced he would not intervene to break a tie vote for any procedural matters, making Democratic-led motions even less likely to succeed.
