Poll: A third of Americans want to impeach Obama

Poll: A third of Americans want to impeach Obama
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In a new CNN poll released Friday, a whopping 33 percent of respondents said that President Obama should be "impeached and removed from office."

The number is slightly higher than previous CNN polls about whether Presidents Bush and Clinton should have been impeached, CNN notes in the poll data. The poll surveyed 1,012 American adults from July 18 to July 20.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.