On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers’ Chief Congressional Correspondent, joins the discussion. From partisan messaging to the strategies of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Lightman offers a unique perspective on the proceedings. Then, we turn to the 2020 presidential election. […] Read more »
Deepening Divide Turns Impeachment Into Another Partisan Brawl
Almost from the moment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her lieutenants decided this fall to pursue the impeachment of President Trump, they made a fateful judgment: If the president intended to do nothing but stonewall and subvert their inquiry, they were not going to be the ones politely sticking to […] Read more »
Will impeachment be forgotten by November 2020? Don’t be so sure.
Perhaps all the conjecture is correct, that impeachment will be long forgotten by the time of the 2020 elections. Such assumptions do little to minimize the stakes for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her fellow Democrats as they move toward the likely impeachment of President Trump. CONT. Dan Balz, […] Read more »
Nothing in the impeachment hearings will change anyone’s minds
Week one of the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings is over. The evidence produced so far will do nothing to change Republican support for President Trump. … The hearings exist for the sole purpose of trying to do what previous hearings held by other committees had not been able to […] Read more »
Approval of Members of Both Parties in Congress Under 40%
As events continue to unfold in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, 38% of Americans approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing. Republicans in Congress earn a slightly lower approval of 34%. … The public is also largely underwhelmed by some of the […] Read more »
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 […] Read more »