One of the complicating factors in trying to determine how the latest scandal involving President Trump will unfold is that we’re in unusually uncharted territory. Sure, there have been impeachment efforts before, but only two in the era of modern polling. Each involved a president in his second term, not […] Read more »
Impeachment Is Becoming More Popular
It’s now been almost a week since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an official impeachment inquiry of President Trump. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew takes stock of how much public opinion has changed since Pelosi spoke and what polls tell us about the road ahead. […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Support for impeaching Trump rises among independents and Republicans
Americans are about evenly split over impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office, as support for that move has risen among independents and Republicans, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after the announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry by House Democrats last week. About half, […] Read more »
President Pence’s First and Worst Choice
Donald Trump will probably finish out this term, although those odds have dropped significantly in the past week. But what would happen if he actually left office? One of the main legacies would be that Mike Pence would face a horrible choice over whether to pardon Trump. Let’s just imagine […] Read more »
Does Nate Silver buy that public opinion on impeachment is shifting?
Nate Silver shares his thoughts on whether or not public opinion has changed on impeachment and offers his theories as to why. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Dem leaders plot impeachment messaging war with Trump
House Democrats are plotting an all-out offensive against President Donald Trump as they pursue an impeachment inquiry, announcing plans on Sunday to streamline their messaging operation and aid vulnerable lawmakers as they face potential blowback in their districts. … Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top deputies laid out the strategy […] Read more »