CBS News poll: Majority approve of impeachment inquiry

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BY JENNIFER DE PINTO, ANTHONY SALVANTO, FRED BACKUS AND KABIR KHANNA
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 / 10:30 AM / CBS NEWS









https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-impeachment-inquiry-poll-cbs-news-poll-finds-majority-of-americans-and-democrats-approve/

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1. Most not surprised Trump asked Ukrainians to investigate Biden

By Scott Clement and Colby Itkowitz
September 29 at 7:00 AM

The vast majority of Americans are not surprised that President Trump encouraged the Ukrainian president to investigate former vice president Joe Biden’s son, and fewer than half see it as a “very serious” problem, an ABC News-Ipsos poll released Sunday indicates.

Just about half of Americans said they are “not surprised at all” to hear of Trump’s actions. An additional 32 percent said they are “not surprised.”

The national poll, conducted Friday and Saturday, also finds that 63 percent of adults say it is a serious problem that Trump pushed the president of Ukraine to investigate the son of his potential 2020 opponent Joe Biden in a July call that has sparked an extraordinary whistleblower complaint and led Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry. Less than half of the public, 43 percent, said Trump’s action was “very serious” ...

Despite the Ukraine story dominating headlines, just about one-quarter of adults say they have followed the news “very closely." More than 6 in 10 say they are following the issue at least “somewhat closely” ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/29/most-americans-are-not-surprised-trump-asked-ukrainian-government-investigate-biden/