Trump's campaign says the Mueller report saved his poll numbers. This Fox News poll suggests otherwise.


When ABC News obtained internal poll numbers from President Trump's re-election campaign showing him getting crushed by Joe Biden in 15 of 17 key states, the Trump campaign pushed back by arguing that the poll numbers were outdated.
"These leaked numbers are ancient, in campaign terms, from months-old polling that began in March before two major events had occurred: The release of the summary of the Mueller report exonerating the president, and the beginning of the Democrat candidates defining themselves with their far-left policy message," said Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale. "Since then, we have seen huge swings in the president's favor across the 17 states we have polled."
A Fox News poll released Sunday suggests that most voters don't think Special Counsel Robert Mueller exonerated Trump. A record 50 percent of registered voters say they now think Trump's campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 election, up from 44 percent in March, and another 50 percent of voters now support impeaching Trump, versus 48 percent who oppose impeachment — though the 50 percent includes 43 percent who want Trump impeached and removed from office and 7 percent who want him impeached but not ousted.
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Support for impeaching Trump has risen 5 percentage points among Democrats since June 2018 and 15 points among independents. When it comes to coordinating with Russia, the rise was fueled by a 14-point bump among independents, a 6-point increase among Democrats, and a 3-point rise among Republicans. At the same time, 56 percent of voters said it's "not at all" likely Trump will actually be impeached.
The poll was conducted via telephone by Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company (R) June 9-12 — so before ABC News showed Trump welcoming political dirt on opponents from foreign governments — among 1,001 registers voters nationwide. The margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points.
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