Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death
A survey found a majority of Democratic voters would feel positive about a military coup or Donald Trump's peaceful death.
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What this story says
- A poll of 683 Democratic voters found that 59% would feel positive about a military coup removing Donald Trump from office.
- Fifty-five percent of Democratic respondents said they would feel positive if Trump died peacefully.
- The survey, conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics, also found 87% of Democrats would support impeachment and 84% would support removal via the 25th Amendment.
- No left- or centre-rated outlets reported on this poll.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
86/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
58/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A poll of Democratic voters found that a majority would feel positive about Donald Trump being removed from office by a military coup. The survey, conducted by the Center for Strategic Politics, sampled 683 Democratic voters between September 3 and September 10, 2026. It reported a margin of error of ±3.75 percentage points.
According to the New York Post, 59% of Democratic respondents said they would feel “very positive” or “somewhat positive” if a junta removed Trump. The same outlet reported that 55% of respondents would feel the same if the president passed away peacefully. Hot Air reported that 32% of Democratic respondents would approve of a military coup to remove Trump.
Disagreement on coup approval
The New York Post reported that 59% of Democratic respondents would feel positive about a military coup removing Trump. Hot Air reported that 32% of Democratic respondents would approve of a military coup to remove Trump.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated reports below mention the poll's findings that 87% of Democrats would support impeachment or that 84% would support removal via the 25th Amendment. The New York Post reported these figures, but they were not included in the digests from The Federalist, Conservative Review, RedState, or PJ Media.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 22 Sept 2026, 16:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.
Right
8 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports focused on the poll's findings regarding support for a military coup and the peaceful death of Donald Trump. The New York Post reported that 59% of Democratic respondents would feel positive about a military coup removing Trump, and 55% would feel the same if he died peacefully. Hot Air reported that 32% of Democratic respondents would approve of a military coup to remove Trump. The Federalist and Conservative Review used headlines stating "Poll: Death Wish Dems Want Trump Dead Or Taken Out By Military Coup." RedState's headline stated, "Majority of Dem Voters Back 'Military Coup' and Other Extreme Ways of Removing Trump: Stunning Poll." PJ Media's headline read, "This Poll of Liberals Is Absolutely Terrifying."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 89% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death biased?
- Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Poll: Democrats would support Trump removal by coup or death?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What percentage of Democrats would support a military coup to remove Donald Trump?
- According to a poll by the Center for Strategic Politics, 59% of Democratic respondents said they would feel positive about a military coup removing Donald Trump from office. Hot Air reported that 32% of Democratic respondents would approve of such a coup.
- What percentage of Democrats would support Donald Trump dying peacefully?
- A poll by the Center for Strategic Politics found that 55% of Democratic respondents said they would feel positive if Donald Trump died peacefully. This finding was reported by the New York Post.
- Which outlets reported on this poll?
- The poll was reported by six outlets: New York Post, Hot Air, The Federalist, Conservative Review, RedState, and PJ Media. All six outlets are rated as right-leaning.
Read it at the source
9 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
8- INGERSOLL: NEW POLL — We Love Mr. Rogers, And We Want You Dead (opens The Daily Caller in a new tab)
The Daily Caller — is The Daily Caller biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Poll Finds 59% Of Democratic Voters View Military Removal Of Trump Positively - American Liberty News (opens americanliberty.news in a new tab)
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- Most Dems say they’d be fine with military coup to get rid of Trump, stunning survey shows (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Poll: Death Wish Dems Want Trump Dead Or Taken Out By Military Coup (opens Conservative Review in a new tab)
Conservative Review — is Conservative Review biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Poll: Death Wish Dems Want Trump Dead Or Taken Out By Coup (opens The Federalist in a new tab)
The Federalist — is The Federalist biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 60 percent of Democrats Would Approve of Military Coup, 31 percent Assassination of Trump (opens Hot Air in a new tab)
- Majority of Dem Voters Back 'Military Coup' and Other Extreme Ways of Removing Trump: Stunning Poll (opens RedState in a new tab)
- This Poll of Liberals Is Absolutely Terrifying (opens PJ Media in a new tab)
PJ Media — is PJ Media biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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