Loudonville, NY (WBEN) - As the political storm of impeachment hearings continues to swirl, Siena College Research Institute is out with a new poll of New York State residents that has encouraging findings for President Donald Trump and the Republicans.
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While a majority of New Yorkers continues to support impeaching and removing President Trump from office, the margin has narrowed since last month. "More than three-quarters of Democrats continue to support it and more than three-quarters of Republicans continue to oppose it,” Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said. “However, independents, who were evenly divided on the question last month, now oppose impeachment and removal 59-37 percent. And voters under 35, who had strongly supported impeachment and removal last month, are now nearly evenly divided.
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“More than eight in ten Democrats continue to say the impeachment inquiry is fair. However, since last month, a majority of independents went from saying it was fair by eight points to now a majority saying it is a partisan attack by eight points. At the same time, 23 percent of Republicans now say it is fair, up from 15 percent last month,” Greenberg said. “And by a wide margin, 54-29 percent, New Yorkers continue to say they trust Speaker Nancy Pelosi to tell the truth more than the President.”
Trump, still hugely unpopular in New York, is seeing a ratings uptick within the last month. Trump’s favorability rating edged up to 32-65 percent, from 30-67 percent last month. His job performance rating is 32-67 percent, up from 28-70 percent. And 31 percent are prepared to re-elect him, with 64 percent preferring ‘someone else,’ up from 28-68 percent in October.
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