The impeachment hearings haven’t changed public opinion. This explains why.

For five weeks, the House of Representatives has heard public testimony about President Trump’s alleged efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. This week, the House is expected to vote on two articles of impeachment based on that testimony. Democrats hoped the […] Read more »

CNN Poll: The nation remains divided on impeachment as House vote approaches

The American public is about evenly split over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, with the House of Representatives poised to vote on articles of impeachment this week. Support for impeaching Trump and removing him from […] Read more »

Opinions Of Impeachment Remain Unchanged; Signs Point To Base Election In 2020

Surprise, surprise. Americans’ views of impeachment are split and largely unchanged, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. With the House expected to impeach President Trump by the end of the week, and after hours upon hours of congressional testimony, 48% of the country opposes impeachment, while 47% supports it. […] Read more »

USA TODAY poll: Narrow majority opposes removing Trump from office if he is impeached

As a historic week begins, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds Americans closely divided on whether the House of Representatives should impeach President Trump. A narrow majority opposes a conviction by the Senate that would remove him from office. In the wake of combative impeachment hearings, those surveyed oppose by […] Read more »

Trump has weathered impeachment better than Clinton

… During the course of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump, analysts such as myself have been making the few historical comparisons we can to judge the current situation. In these, Trump usually comes out looking poorly compared to Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. Clinton’s job approval […] Read more »