ATLANTA — A new NBC|SurveyMonkey poll shows that voters in the southern region believe that President Donald Trump should not be impeached although nationally --the country is split on the decision.
The poll, conducted online, highlights the thoughts of voters both nationally and regionally in the South in 11 states - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas or Virginia.
The poll was conducted between Oct. 8 and Oct. 22 of this year.
The error estimate for registered voters is plus or minus 1.9 percentage points. Here are the results, among registered voters:
Which one of the following issues matters MOST to you right now? The numbers show that jobs and the economy mean the most to Southern voters right now as opposed to Immigration during the last poll.
Foreign policy: 2%
The environment: 9%
Terrorism: 3%
Immigration:12%
Health care:17%
Jobs and the economy:26%
Education:7%
Other:6%
No answer:1%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president? Southerners are pretty split on whether they strongly approve or strongly disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president.
Strongly approve:36%
Somewhat approve:16%
Somewhat disapprove:9%
Strongly disapprove:38%
No answer:1%
Do you think that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office? More southerners believe that President Trump shouldn't be impeached.
Yes: 44%
No: 54%
No answer: 2%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way the U.S. Congress is handling its job? People strongly disapprove of the way the U.S. Congress is handling its job.
Strongly approve:5%
Somewhat approve:24%
Somewhat disapprove:28%
Strongly disapprove:41%
No answer:2%
Do you approve or disapprove of the way your state legislature is handling its job? People either somewhat approve or have no answer regarding their state legislature.
Strongly approve:8%
Somewhat approve:32%
Somewhat disapprove:20%
Strongly disapprove:12%
No answer:28%
How do you rate the condition of the national economy these days? According to this survey, double the people believe the national economy is doing fairly good as opposed to fairly bad.
Very good:25%
Fairly good:46%
Fairly bad:22%
Very bad:6%
No answer:2%
How would you rate the condition of your state economy these days? More people believe the state economy is doing fairly good or they opted out of answering.
Very good:19%
Fairly good:37%
Fairly bad:13%
Very bad:4%
No answer:28%
How often do you trust the federal government to do what is right? More southerners fall between the "about half of the time" and "almost never" end of the spectrum.
Just about always:3%
Most of the time:13%
About half of the time:26%
Some of the time:30%
Almost never:27%
No answer:1%
How often do you trust the state government to do what is right? It seems that southerners have a little bit more trust in the state government than the federal government. However, a majority of people still fall within the "about half of the time" and "almost never" end of the spectrum.
Just about always:4%
Most of the time:23%
About half of the time:31%
Some of the time:26%
Almost never:16%
No answer:1%
Thinking about the elections next year, how important will state government spending on infrastructure be to your vote? Respondents definitely find infrastructure spending to be on the very important to somewhat important end of the scale.
Very Important: 31%
Somewhat Important: 48%
Not very important: 16%
Not at all important: 3%
No answer: 2%
How willing would you be to pay higher taxes to improve public schools in your state? People are either somewhat willing or have no answer when it comes to paying higher taxes to improve public schools in their state.
Very willing:15%
Somewhat willing:26%
Not too willing:17%
Not at all willing:15%
No answer:27%
How willing would you be to pay higher taxes to fund improvements to infrastructure, like roads and bridges, in your state? It turns our people either didn't answer this question or they are somewhat willing to pay higher taxes to improve infrastructure.
Very willing:13%
Somewhat willing:31%
Not too willing:17%
Not at all willing:11%
No answer:28%
Thinking about the elections next year, if a candidate wanted to expand Medicaid in your state, would that make you more likely to vote for that candidate, less likely, or wouldn’t it make much difference in your vote? People are more likely to vote for a candidate if they want to expand Medicaid.
More likely:37%
Less likely:29%
Wouldn’t make much difference:32%
No answer:2%
In 1973, the Roe v. Wade decision established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, at least in the first three months of pregnancy. Would you like to see the Supreme Court completely overturn its Roe v. Wade decision, or not? More Southerners don't want this decision to be overturned.
Yes:39%
No:58%
No answer:2%
Nationally, results from the poll show voters nationally are more concerned with jobs and the economy than any other topic --which is also reflected in the regional results. More people (44%) strongly disapprove of the way Trump is handling his job as president nationally. Nationally, twice as many people believe that Roe v. Wade shouldn't be overturned (66% aren't in favor vs. 31% in favor). Results are among a national sample of 20,701 adults aged 18 and over, including 18,101 registered voters. The error estimate for registered voters is plus or minus 1.1 percentage points.
The NBC News|SurveyMonkey Southern Region Poll was conducted online among a regional sample of 9,050 adults aged 18 and over. Including 7,905 who say they are registered to vote. Respondents for this survey were selected from the more than two million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day.
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