Earlier this year on these pages I argued against moving forward with impeachment proceedings against President Trump. From my experience as press secretary to President Bill Clinton, I believed impeaching Mr. Trump could backfire politically for Democrats. More important, I believed impeachment proceedings at that time could have jeopardized a […] Read more »
The Last 48 Hours Of Impeachment News
Because two podcasts aren’t enough for a week like this one, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew is back to discuss the latest developments in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Trump. They talk about what we learned from the summary of the call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky […] Read more »
Americans Split on House Impeachment Inquiry
Americans are split, 49%-46%, on whether they approve of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into President Trump, and independents at this point are not on board, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. But the pollsters warn that the new developments could change public opinion quickly, especially with 7 in 10 saying they […] Read more »
Americans split on support for Trump impeachment inquiry
Americans are split over whether they support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, according to the latest poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist. Forty-nine percent of U.S. adults said they supported the House of Representatives launching an impeachment inquiry into the president, while 46 percent of Americans […] Read more »
Public Support For Impeachment Grows After Nancy Pelosi Backs Inquiry
Support for impeaching President Trump, especially among Democrats, is up modestly in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement that she supports an “official impeachment inquiry,” a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds. Trying to gauge public opinion about a poorly understood, fast-moving story rarely lends itself to easy takeaways. […] Read more »
Most Americans support impeachment if Trump pressured Ukraine
Earlier this week, news emerged about a whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community raising alarm about a phone call in which President Donald Trump may have pressured Ukrainian government officials to investigate a potential 2020 political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. … In a survey conducted as part […] Read more »