Trump's impeachment polling is historically unprecedented
Source: CNN
(CNN) The poll numbers are in on impeachment, and it's not good news for President Donald Trump. A clear plurality of Americans approve of the House's impeachment inquiry into Trump, and they are split on whether they want to impeach and remove him from office.
Americans are more eager to impeach Trump now than they were at similar points in the impeachment sagas of Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon.
Impeachment actions usually start off as being unpopular with the American public. After the House voted to start an impeachment inquiry of Clinton in October 1998, a CBS News/New York Times poll found that 45% approved and 53% disapproved.
But with Trump, those numbers are reversed. In an average of polls taken since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal inquiry last week, 51% support an impeachment inquiry. A minority, 44%, are against it.
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Don't fall for the right wing smokescreen.
Kali
(55,007 posts)lastlib
(23,224 posts)(fwiw, a plurality would occur if fewer than 50% favored, but opposed/undecideds each had fewer than favored.)
orangecrush
(19,547 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)onetexan
(13,040 posts)but for now i can have a few drinks of early celebration