Posted on 01/15/2020 10:16:00 AM PST by jazusamo
A new poll commissioned by The Club for Growth PAC, a conservative advocacy group, shows that nearly half of West Virginia voters would view Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) more negatively if he votes to remove President Trump from office.
The survey shows that Manchin, who won election to a third term in 2018, could face strong political blowback if he votes to convict Trump on one or two articles of impeachment passed by the Democratic-controlled House.
The survey of 500 likely voters in West Virginia found that 48 percent would have a less favorable view of Manchin if he votes to convict Trump while only 20 percent would have a more favorable view.
Thirty-two percent of likely voters said Manchin’s vote would make “no difference” to their view of Manchin.
The poll generally shows overwhelming opposition to removing Trump from office. Nearly seven in ten — 69 percent — West Virginia voters said they oppose doing so while only 27 percent voiced support.
Overall, 67 percent of West Virginia voters approve of the job Trump is doing while 31 percent don’t approve and 2 percent had no opinion.
Trump, who won West Virginia in the 2016 presidential election by 42 points, beats two of the top 2020 Democratic candidates handily. The president leads former Vice President Joe Biden 66 percent to 31 percent and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) 66 percent to 29 percent in hypothetical matchups in the Mountain State.
The poll also found a plurality of voters would view Manchin more favorably if he changed his party affiliation to Republican.
Forty-three percent of voters said they would view Manchin more favorably if he were a Republican while 27 percent said they would see him less favorably and 30 percent said it wouldn’t make a difference.
Pollster Byron Allen conducted the survey for Club for Growth PAC.
Man him and Shoemah are doing a two step where Manchineel stays in Senate and runs for governor appointing his replacement. Shoemah will happily let him vote with the GOP to acquit but pressure him on witnesses.
They need to conduct polls in WV on him voting for witnesses. Really put a total scare into this guy.
Everyone who Bloomturd talks to probably is sick of Trump. He swims in elitist circles where globalism, Obamacare and gun confiscation are just dynamite. That is why when he says he’s going to spend a Billion, I sort of laugh. Spend a billion doing what, appealing to the people show already agree with you and were not voting for Trump anyway.
That horrible Senator from UTAH Mitt Romney will vote with Dems. Thanks UTAH.
Manchin wants to be a Rat presidential player in 2024.
if voting “yes” will enhance that then he will vote “yes”.
It’s an interesting question and I think no senator can afford to vote against the president on the Republican side because if they do and the president is not convicted. They will have the president and the base coming after them intensely possibly the Senate leadership as well. It could even destroy their future k street careers
Yeah, but you can count on 3-4 Rinos voting to convict.
Joe Manchin was the only Democrat to vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh
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