Most Americans think Roy Moore should be booted if he wins Senate seat

The majority of Americans think that Roy Moore should be expelled if he’s elected, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

As Alabamians cast their ballots in a tumultuous Senate special election, a Morning Consult/Politico poll found that 61% of voters believe the embattled jurist should be booted if he appears triumphant at the end of the day.

Moore, the Republican nominee accused of sexually assaulting teenage girls, has denied any wrongdoing and defiantly stayed in the race despite calls for him to bow out.

Another 17% said that Moore should be allowed to remain in office and 22% reported that they had no opinion.

President Trump officially endorsed Moore last week.

The poll also found that a majority of voters believe that policy is more important than personality.

A full 53% of respondents think that a candidate’s policy positions are more important than their character.

Only 32% said a candidate's character is more important to them when casting their ballots.

Moore is facing off against Democratic nominee Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Klansmen for killing four black girls at a church bombing decades earlier.

Among Republicans, 78% said they were willing to support candidates even if they did not like them personally.

Only 60% of Democrats agreed.

A quarter of Democrats said they were not willing to support a candidate they didn’t like personally, with 12% of Republicans saying the same.

GOP voters were split when asked if it was right or wrong for the Republican National Committee to reinstate its support for Moore after initially saying it would withdraw.

Thirty-five percent said the RNC made the right decision, while 34% said it was the wrong choice.

The poll, conducted from Dec. 8-11, included a sample of 1,955 registered voters.

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