The results suggest House Republicans’ ongoing impeachment inquiry has broad backing among Americans, even roughly half of Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One-third of Americans say that President Joe Biden is guilty of corruption and should be impeached, including some Democrats, according to a new poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Center Square Voter\u2019s Voice Poll found that 34% of likely voters say \u201cJoe Biden is guilty of corruption and should be impeached.\u201d An additional 35% said it\u2019s not clear if the president did anything wrong but that a Republican-led House investigation into the president should continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among Democrats, 40% of those surveyed said that \u201cJoe Biden is innocent\u201d and that \u201cthe investigation should be stopped immediately.\u201d But the same number of Democrats, 40%, said they’re not clear about the allegations but the investigation should continue, and 9% said he is guilty and should be impeached. Another 8% said they were unsure either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201ctrue independents,\u201d which are independents that made clear they do not lean to the right or left, are suspicious as well. The survey found 28% say Biden is guilty and another 35% are unsure and want the investigation to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results suggest House Republicans’ ongoing impeachment inquiry has broad backing among Americans, even roughly half of Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That investigation has revealed a steady stream of evidence to back allegations that the Biden family and associates brought in more than $20 million from overseas entities in China, Russia, Ukraine and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who is helping lead the investigation, argues that the president\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, used his father to make deals around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To what degree the president was aware and involved is the center of the investigation now. Checks released by the committee show $240,000 from the Biden family to the president, though the reason for that payment remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers testified that Biden\u2019s Department of Justice improperly interfered in the investigation, preventing a search on the president’s residence and delaying the investigation until the statute of limitations for one potential charge on Hunter Biden expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hunter Biden also faces criminal tax and gun-related charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democrats in Congress have said the investigation is a political stunt and Joe Biden himself has denied the allegations on multiple occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ongoing allegations may be partially to blame for the president\u2019s struggling approval rating. The Center Square\u2019s same poll<\/u><\/a> found that 59% of surveyed likely voters disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president with 58% disapproving of the job he is doing handling the economy, a reliably key issue for voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The survey found that 21% of voters cited \u201cgovernment corruption\u201d as a top 3 issue for them, higher than other issues like national security or health care access but lower in importance to voters than illegal immigration or economic issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The survey was conducted in conjunction with Noble Predictive Insights at the beginning of January querying 2,573 Americans, with a roughly even number of Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n