The vast majority of voters in six swing states want the Senate to conduct a "full trial" and "carefully consider" all the evidence, by a margin of 67% to 29%. More than seven in 10 voters (72%) also say the Senate should both review relevant documents and hear testimony from key witnesses who have thus far refused to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry, including 76% of independents and 48% of Republicans.
The polling, conducted by Hart Research for Law Works Action, surveyed voters in four states with vulnerable Republicans senators up for re-election (Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina) and two states with Democratic senators seeking re-election (Michigan and New Hampshire).
Asked how they would feel if their senators voted against calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents, 63% of voters in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina said they would view it unfavorably, with most saying they would view it "very unfavorably." A full 91% of respondents also agreed with the statement, "Senators must put country before party, listen to all the evidence and carefully consider the facts, and then do their duty to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law."
"By opposing witnesses and documents that can provide first hand evidence about Trump's actions, Republican senators are burnishing an already pervasive feeling that they are motivated by politics rather than principle," Geoff Garin, president of Hart Research, said of the polling.
According to reports on Tuesday, GOP Leader Mitch McConnell has the Republican votes to take the first steps toward excluding witness testimony from Trump’s Senate trial. Predictably, Senate Republicans appear to have no intention whatsoever of conducting a fair and thorough trial.