Five takeaways from early polls on impeachment

Public opinion may not determine the outcome of political controversies, but it affects the way elected officials react to events, especially high-profile issues such as impeaching and removing a president from office. Here are five big things we have learned from surveys about the impact of the information the American people have received during the past two weeks concerning President Trump’s famous telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the conduct of other senior officials. CONT.

William A. Galston, Brookings Institution