Survey of Democratic voters finds broad support for removing Trump from office

Nearly 60% say they would back military removal of sitting president to 'safeguard the Constitution'

By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, September 22, 2026

A new survey of Democratic voters found broad positive sentiment toward hypothetical scenarios in which President Donald Trump prematurely leaves office, including a military takeover, while responses to a hypothetical assassination were more divided.

The poll, commissioned by Liberal Currents and conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics, surveyed 683 Democratic voters nationwide on Sept. 3 and Sept. 8-10. The English-language survey used SMS-to-web and online panel sources, screened respondents through self-identification and voter-file matching, and weighted the sample by age, ethnicity and gender. The stated margin of error was plus or minus 3.75 percentage points. 

Respondents were asked how they would feel if they woke up to five different headlines involving Trump’s removal from office or death, with hypothetical actions ranging from impeachment to a military coup. 

The strongest positive reactions came in response to constitutional mechanisms for removal. More than 86% said they would feel “very” or “somewhat” positive if Trump were impeached, convicted and removed from office, while 84% said the same about a hypothetical headline stating that his Cabinet had invoked the 25th Amendment. Only a small minority — roughly 7% —  expressed negative feelings about either scenario. 

A more unusual hypothetical asked respondents how they would feel if U.S. military leaders removed Trump from power and assumed control of the country to “safeguard the Constitution.” Nearly 60% reported a positive reaction, compared with 28% who reported a negative reaction and 13% who were neutral.

Another 56% said they would feel positively if Trump died overnight in his sleep, while 16% said they would feel negatively and 28% were neutral. 

The assassination scenario produced the only net-negative result. Just 31% said they would feel positively if Trump were assassinated while speaking at a rally, while 43% said they would feel negatively and 25% were neutral. The findings, therefore, measure emotional reactions to hypothetical news events, not whether respondents would personally endorse, participate in or advocate violence, according to Liberal Currents, who partnered with the Center for Strategic Politics on the survey.

Overall, survey respondents appeared receptive to numerous scenarios in which Trump either left or was removed from office except for assassination, which was the sole scenario in which negative sentiment exceeded positive sentiment.

The findings arrive amid heightened concern over political violence in the U.S. on both sides of the political aisle following the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk just over one year ago. 

Investigators have thwarted planned attacks and threats against Democratic figures, including the 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi and the 2025 killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband. 

Since the historic Dobbs v. Jackson decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, threats of violence have targeted political leaders on the right, culminating in two separate assassination attempts against President Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign.