As the impeachment probe intensifies, 40% of Americans say they think Mike Pence would make a better president than Trump

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• As the House's impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump forges on, Insider polled Americans on whether they think Vice President Mike Pence would perform better in the nation's highest office. 
• About 40% of respondents said they think Pence would make a better president than Trump. 
• That's a remarkably high proportion of the population.
• Trump still has GOP loyalty — 61% of Republican voters said they prefer him to Pence — but from a sitting president's own party, the amount of support is lackluster.
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An outsize chunk of the American population think Vice President Mike Pence would make a better president than Donald Trump, according to a new Insider poll.

So far, no president in US history has been convicted and removed from office following an impeachment —  but as House Democrats continue to press on with their impeachment inquiry into Trump, Americans are contending with the idea of Pence rising to the presidency. 

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