Poll Positions on Impeachment
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Some key numbers from polls released Thursday on President Clinton, Congress and the impeachment process:
1. Should the House Judiciary Committee vote for or against impeachment? For 34%, against 61%, no opinion 5%
--CNN/USA Today/Gallup
2. Should Congress impeach Clinton and remove him from office? Yes 28%, no 66%, not sure 4%
--NBC/Wall Street Journal
3. Should the House Judiciary Committee vote for or against censure? For 55%, against 38%, no opinion 7%
--CNN/USA Today/Gallup
4. Do you think that a congressional censure of Clinton for his actions in the Monica S. Lewinsky matter will or will not affect his legacy and place in history? Will affect legacy 66%, will not affect legacy 30%, not sure 4%
--NBC/Wall Street Journal
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The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of 2,106 adults was taken Dec. 3-6 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. The CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 568 adults was taken Dec. 9 and had a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Source: Associated Press
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