[Sosfbay-discuss] 70%: Cheney abused powers, 52% committed impeachable; 64% Bush abused

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70% Say Cheney Has Abused His Powers, 52% He's Committed Impeachable
Offenses, 43% Remove Him From Office
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2007-11-13 22:17. Impeachment

Here's a new poll from American Research Group

November 13, 2007 - Impeachment

A total of 64% of American voters say that President George W. Bush has
abused his powers as president. Of the 64%, 14% (9% of all voters) say the
abuses are not serious enough to warrant impeachment, 33% (21% of all
voters) say the abuses rise to the level of impeachable offenses, but he
should not be impeached, and 53% (34% of all voters) say the abuses rise
to the level of impeachable offenses and Mr. Bush should be impeached and
removed from office.
Question:
Which one of these four statements do you agree with about President Bush:

1. President Bush has not abused his powers as president.

2. President Bush has abused his powers as president, but the abuses are
not serious enough to warrant impeachment under the Constitution.

3. President Bush has abused his powers as president which rise to the
level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution, but he should not be
impeached.

4. President Bush has abused his powers as president which rise to the
level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution and he should be
impeached and removed from office.
11/12/07 #1 #2 #3 #4
All voters 36% 9% 21% 34%
Democrats (39%) 16% 9% 25% 50%
Republicans (35%) 64% 6% 12% 18%
Independents (26%) 29% 11% 26% 34%
Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of
registered voters nationwide November 9-12, 2007. The theoretical margin
of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time.

A total of 70% of American voters say that Vice President Dick Cheney has
abused his powers as vice president. Of the 70%, 26% (18% of all voters)
say the abuses are not serious enough to warrant impeachment, 13% (9% of
all voters) say the abuses rise to the level of impeachable offenses, but
he should not be impeached, and 61% (43% of all voters) say the abuses
rise to the level of impeachable offenses and Mr. Cheney should be
impeached and removed from office.
Question:
Which one of these four statements do you agree with about Vice President
Cheney:

1. Vice President Cheney has not abused his powers as vice president.

2. Vice President Cheney has abused his powers as vice president, but the
abuses are not serious enough to warrant impeachment under the
Constitution.

3. Vice President Cheney has abused his powers as vice president which
rise to the level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution, but he
should not be impeached.

4. Vice President Cheney has abused his powers as vice president which
rise to the level of impeachable offenses under the Constitution and he
should be impeached and removed from office.
11/12/07 #1 #2 #3 #4
All voters 30% 18% 9% 43%
Democrats (39%) 6% 25% 6% 63%
Republicans (35%) 61% 12% 6% 21%
Independents (26%) 26% 16% 18% 39%
Based on 1,100 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of
registered voters nationwide November 9-12, 2007. The theoretical margin
of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points, 95% of the time.