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Poll: Majority of Democrats say they'd welcome a coup or Trump's death

A Center for Strategic Politics/Liberal Currents survey of Democratic voters finds majorities favorable toward several extralegal ways of ending Trump's presidency early.

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What to know

  • Poll of 683 Democratic voters found 59% would feel positive about a military coup removing Trump and 55% about his dying of natural causes.
  • 87% favored impeachment and removal, 84% favored 25th Amendment ouster; assassination was the only scenario with net negative support, though still backed by 29-32%.
  • Same poll found broad Democratic support for prosecuting Trump officials, expanding the Supreme Court, and ending the Senate filibuster, and named Kamala Harris the top 2028 pick.
  • Released ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, the findings underscore pressure on Hakeem Jeffries, who has not ruled out a third impeachment attempt.

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Poll: Majority of Democrats say they'd welcome a coup or Trump's death
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    Regional outlets syndicate the poll findings nationwide

    Cleveland.com, MassLive, and NJ.com published identical Advance Local coverage summarizing the poll's findings that pluralities of Democratic voters would view four of five methods of removing Trump early positively.

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    RedState breaks down poll's net-approval figures by scenario

    RedState published a fuller breakdown of the poll's net-approval numbers for each removal method (impeachment +80, 25th Amendment +77, natural death +40, military coup +32, assassination -12) and highlighted Democratic support for prosecuting officials like Stephen Miller and Pete Hegseth, filibuster elimination, and Supreme Court expansion.

    “We polled five routes for Trump to leave office before the end of his term. A plurality of Dems support four of them, including a military coup and death by natural causes. The only one underwater, an assassination, is still supported by 29%.”
    — Center for Strategic Politics, pollster · source
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    NY Post highlights majority support for coup, natural death scenarios

    The New York Post reported that 59% of Democratic respondents would feel positive about a military coup removing Trump, 55% about his natural death, 87% about impeachment, and 84% about 25th Amendment removal, while 32% said they would feel positive about an assassination.

    “No, we haven’t ruled anything in and we haven’t ruled anything out in terms of impeachment. We’ve got to follow the facts.”
    — Hakeem Jeffries
    1. 1 outlet Most Dems say they’d be fine with military coup to get rid of Trump, stunning survey shows

      first by NY Post, 1d ago

  4. background

    Center for Strategic Politics releases poll of Democratic voters — The poll, conducted with Liberal Currents, surveyed 683 Democratic voters and asked about five scenarios for Trump leaving office early, plus questions on prosecutions, the filibuster, and 2028 candidates. Pollsters said a plurality of Democrats supported four of the five removal scenarios.

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  1. 3 outlets Stunning poll finds Democrats support 4 ways to remove Trump early — including a military coup

    first by NJ.com, 1d ago · also RedState, MassLive

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