Poll shows 59% of Democrats approve military coup to oust Trump
A Liberal Currents survey finds alarming support among Democratic voters for an unconstitutional military takeover.
What to know
- A Liberal Currents poll found 59 percent of Democratic voters approved of a hypothetical military coup to remove Trump, though constitutional methods like impeachment (80 percent) and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment (77 percent) were far more popular.
- Analyst Jason Linkins argues this level of support for an unconstitutional takeover is dangerously high and should alarm Americans across party lines.
- Linkins attributes some approval to Democratic voters' experience during the January 6 interregnum, when military and legislative leaders effectively constrained Trump's authority with positive results—but warns that military coups historically lead to worse outcomes.
The dispute Whether the poll's approval for military intervention reflects dangerous thinking or understandable frustration with Trump's presidency—one commenter suggests an anti-Trump coup could hardly be worse than the status quo, while another warns it would inevitably lead to worse outcomes through succession conflict. · positions read across 4 posts and comments
Military coups are historically dangerous and would lead to power struggles and further decline, even if motivated against Trump.
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“If we see a military coup in the US, that's the beginning of the end in my opinion. We had all better hope that we get one of the other options polled, either Impeachment and removal, 25th am…”
ToplessHarpist · Reddit ↗
The poll reflects public exhaustion with entertainment-driven politics and the consequences of normalizing unorthodox governance.
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“We literally voted in a reality tv show government. Are people excited now? Are they going to go back to complaining about how boring normal politicians are because they don't see them enough on tv?”
Cancel_Culture_Club · Reddit ↗
“During the January 6, 2021, insurrection and for about a fortnight after, the United States was for all intents and purposes governed by a weird triumvirate: Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, and General Mark A. Milley.”
Jason Linkins, New Republic writer · New Republic ↗
Jason Linkins New Republic writer and analystLiberal Currents Polling organization
Donald Trump U.S. President
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Liberal Currents poll finds 59% Democratic approval for military coup scenario
A survey of Democratic voters asked their reaction to hypothetical scenarios for Trump leaving office. A scenario describing military leaders removing Trump 'to safeguard the Constitution' and assuming control earned 59 percent approval (31 percent net approval), while impeachment was favored by 80 percent and Twenty-Fifth Amendment removal by 77 percent.
“To 'safeguard the Constitution,' a group of U.S. military leaders have removed President Donald Trump from power and assumed control of the United States…”
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So the thing that gave rise to Napoleon Bonaparte is a positive event in your mind? You're not a serious person or you haven't thought this out fully. Sure, it eventually changed France for the better, with the abolition of the feudal system and so on, but you'd have the same thing here, one or more of the leaders of the coup fighting for the big…
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💯 We literally voted in a reality tv show government. Are people excited now? Are they going to go back to complaining about how boring normal politicians are because they don’t see them enough on tv? Or are we finally fcking done with requiring everything in our lives to entertain us?
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To be fair, I don’t read anything from daily beast or new republic. Garbage click bait.
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Jason Linkins warns military coup approval is 'way, way too high'
New Republic writer Jason Linkins published analysis arguing the 59 percent approval for a military coup is alarming and dangerous. He contextualizes it as a reaction to the brief January 6 interregnum when Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence, and General Mark Milley constrained Trump's authority, and warns that military takeovers historically end badly, citing Brazil as an example.
“Folks, you do not want a military coup in the United States under any circumstances.”
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Yes, I read history. But it's hard to imagine an anti-Trump movement being much worse.