Ask Americans how they view a very specific facet of the Senate impeachment trial focused on President Trump, and they have an opinion.
Should that trial include witnesses? According to new polling from CNN and its polling partner SSRS, two-thirds of respondents think that it should. That figure includes nearly half of Republicans and about half of those who approve of the job Trump is doing in office.
That top-line result seems to offer a point of contradiction to calls by Republicans in the Senate to move forward without witness testimony at all. But, in a broader sense, it is likely a reflection of an existing intractable divide on the issue that is obvious throughout both the CNN poll and a new poll from Monmouth University. Continue reading.