Democrats are divided on whether House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., should retake the speaker’s gavel in the next Congress, according to new poll.
Almost half — 49 percent — of Democratic-leaning voters surveyed by SSRS for CBS News support Pelosi’s bid for the speakership. But two-in-five people also told researchers they would prefer another candidate when Democrats return to the majority in the new year; 10 percent did not know.
The poll found that almost two-thirds of left-leaning respondents believe congressional Democrats should work with President Trump when they agree, but more than 70 percent do not consider that to be a realistic aspiration.
Additionally, a plurality of Democrats think their party will stick to pushing a liberal agenda through the House, while about 40 percent predict lawmakers will be preoccupied with investigating Trump since they will have the subpoena powers again.
SSRS put the poll in the field for CBS News between Nov. 15-18, surveying 1,103 adults nationwide via landlines and cellphones. The margin of error for results pertaining to the smaller Democratic subgroup is plus or minus 6 percentage points.
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