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    Poll: 1 in 4 Americans undecided about impeachment

    by David Lauter, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2019 6 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Americans are divided about the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, and as the House prepares for public hearings next week, roughly 1 in 4 remain uncertain, providing a large audience that could be especially swayed by the evidence, a new poll shows.

    Currently, 44% say the House should vote to impeach and 30% say it should not, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times nationwide poll. But 26% say they either don't know or that it's too soon to tell.

    Those uncertain Americans will be a targeted audience when public hearings begin into Trump's actions toward Ukraine. The hearings are scheduled to start Wednesday, with the first witness set to be William B. Taylor Jr., the top U.S. diplomat in that country.

    Taylor has already told House investigators in a deposition that Trump withheld aid from Ukraine as leverage to prod the country's leaders into publicly announcing an investigation into former Vice President

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