The five senators who might break with their party in Trump's trial - POLITICO

Those votes won’t affect whether Trump is removed from office, but they will recast the reputations of these senators for years to come and help shape the battle for the White House in November.AdvertisementFor now, Republicans are feeling better about holding their members together to unanimously clear the president. But I’m not going to castigate people that will make decisions that are different from mine.”Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) became the first swing vote to come down, announcing she would vote to acquit Trump in a floor speech Monday.Here's a look at five other senators who could break with their party on the two articles of impeachment. “Just my hunch."The West Virginia moderate gave Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh his only Democratic vote in 2018 and is openly struggling with the impeachment articles facing Trump now. A vote to convict would outrage the Republican base, while a vote to acquit would inflame Maine’s increasingly dominant Democratic Party. Still, she’s shown some willingness to buck Trump in the trial; she was the only Republican other than Romney to vote to hear new witnesses.History suggests she may give the president a reprieve. Collins voted against removing Clinton from office, and the assumption now in her party is that she leans toward acquitting Trump as well.