Over 60 percent of Americans say Trump's interactions with Ukraine president a serious problem: poll
By Justin Wise - 09/29/19 07:44 AM EDT
More than 60 percent of Americans in a new poll say it is a serious problem that President Trump asked the leader of Ukraine to investigate 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son.
The ABC News/Ipsos survey, which was released Sunday morning, found that 43 percent of Americans said that Trump's interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are a "very serious" problem and 21 percent described them as "somewhat serious."
Meanwhile, 36 percent of respondents said that the revelations are not serious.
The response split heavily along partisan lines, with Democrats being far more likely than Republicans to view the interactions as serious. Ninety-one percent of Democratic respondents said that Trump's talks with Zelensky are a very or somewhat serious problem. Just 32 percent of Republicans said the same.
The latest survey also found that most Americans are unsurprised by the president's move to encourage the leader of a foreign power to investigate a political opponent.
Just 17 percent of respondents said that they are surprised to hear Trump called on Zelensky to investigate Biden. Eighty-three percent said that they are not surprised.
The new ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted between Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 among a national population of 504 adults. It has a margin of error of 4.8 percentage points.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463530-over-60-percent-of-americans-say-trumps-interactions-with-ukraine
