Poll: Majority believes Moore should be expelled if elected

Source: The Hill




BY JOSH DELK - 11/21/17 01:56 PM EST

A majority of American voters say that Alabama Senate hopeful Roy Moore should be expelled from the chamber if he wins next month, according to a new poll.

Sixty percent of those surveyed in a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday said the Senate should vote to remove Moore should the GOP candidate win the December special election, while 28 percent said it should not.

Republicans were the only voter group in the survey to say Moore should not be expelled from the Senate, 49 to 33 percent, while the majority of voters in every other category of political party, gender, and education level said the Senate should remove him from office.

The Alabama Senate race was roiled this month by multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore going back decades.

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