The Utah senator's vote marked the first time in U.S. history a senator voted to convict a president from his own party in an impeachment trial.
By a more than 10-point margin, registered voters approve of Republican Sen. Mitt Romney's decision to break with his party and vote to convict President Donald Trump on one of the articles of impeachment against him, according to a Morning Consult/Politico poll conducted after last week's vote.
As with most polling on Trump's impeachment, the results largely fell along party lines. Eighty-four percent of Democrats approved of Romney's vote and 11% disapproved, while 15% of Republicans approved and 76% disapproved. Independents backed Romney's vote 47%-33% . "As a senator-juror, I swore an oath, before God, to exercise 'impartial justice.' I am a profoundly religious person. I take an oath before God as enormously consequential," Romney said. Voters who identified themselves as Christian disapproved of his vote 49%-43%, while non-Christians approved 75%-18%.
Story continuesFew voters thought the impeachment would impact the chances of Trump being elected to four more years in office. But a Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll released Tuesday found that 49% of Utah voters had a positive response to Romney's vote . Forty percent had negative reactions .
Immediately after the vote, the state Republican Party issued a statement expressing pleasure that Trump was acquitted and saying "we strongly disagree" with Romney's vote against him. And the Utah GOP is considering a measure to censure Romney for the vote. The resolution also calls on Romney to "vigorously support President Trump and his conservative America First agenda or vacate his seat.
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