On Tuesday, The Washington Post released a new poll evaluating how Americans view the impeachment inquiry underway in the House. Since we last polled on the question in July, there was a substantial increase in support for an inquiry, across partisan groups. … There is no question that polls after […] Read more »
Learning from impeachments past
Surveys derive meaning from comparisons across time and space. With so little to go by, drawing conclusions about impeachments is difficult. If there’s one overriding lesson from polling in our two previous cases it’s that sometimes impeachment inflicts damage and sometimes it doesn’t. While perceptions of some aspects of Bill […] Read more »
Public views Ukraine charges as serious, but half say Trump shouldn’t be removed, poll finds
A majority of Americans say the allegations that President Donald Trump asked a foreign leader to investigate 2020 rival Joe Biden are serious and need to be fully investigated, and they also believe the president hasn’t been honest and truthful about his actions. Still, the public is divided — largely […] Read more »
Trump’s focus on his base may not help him with impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump may have more room to fall in public attitudes toward his possible removal from office, detailed results from several new polls suggest. While virtually every voter who approves of Trump’s performance in office already opposes impeachment, there’s still room for impeachment support to grow among voters who […] Read more »
Why Impeaching President Trump Is Popular
.. A Washington Post poll finds a slim majority of Americans favor both Trump’s impeachment and removal from office. A commanding majority, 58 verses 38 percent, support the House’s impeachment inquiry. The fear that Trump somehow desired impeachment has been belied by essentially all the White House reporting, which shows […] Read more »
Majority of Americans say they endorse opening of House impeachment inquiry of Trump
A majority of Americans say they endorse the decision by House Democrats to begin an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, and nearly half of all adults also say the House should take the additional step of recommending that the president be removed from office, according to a Washington Post-Schar School […] Read more »