Americans divided 49% to 47% on impeachment, with criticism for both sides

Americans are split essentially even on impeaching Donald Trump and removing him from office, with criticism on both sides of the issue — toward Trump, for his response to the inquiry, and toward congressional Democrats for holding their initial hearings behind closed doors. …

The public is divided 49% to 47% on whether Congress should impeach Trump and remove him from office. …

Substantively, 55% think Trump did “something wrong” in his dealings with Ukraine while 47% think it was “seriously wrong,” a view closely related to support for impeachment. …

More generally, 66% said that since taking office he’s acted in a way that’s unpresidential, and 58% said that’s been damaging to the presidency overall. CONT.

Gary Langer, ABC News