… Democrats hoped to see a Nixon-like surge in support for impeachment that would force Republicans to strongly consider impeaching Trump. That didn’t happen. Predictably, mind you: The variability in Nixon’s approval rating over his term suggested fluidity in views of his presidency that simply doesn’t exist in the Trump era. Views of Trump are polarized, a tug-of-war in which the two poles are pulling as hard as they can with the result that the middle doesn’t move. The same appears to be happening with impeachment. CONT.
Philip Bump, Washington Post