Gallup survey finds 52% support for impeachment

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)A majority of US adults support the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump from office, a Gallup poll released Wednesday finds, continuing a trend of recent surveys that have found increased support for the Democratic-led effort. Fifty-two percent of Americans support impeaching and removing Trump from office, while 46% disagree. That's a 7-point increase from when Gallup asked the question in June about impeachment and removal after former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Support for impeachment among Democrats and independents is at 89% and 55%, respectively, with independent support climbing 9 points since June. Republican support remains low -- 6% back the impeachment effort in the new survey, down a percentage point from four months ago. Trump's approval rating has remained steady at 39%, Gallup found. The poll also revealed that the approval rating of Congress is now at 25%, up from 18% before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry in September.

The level of support for Trump's impeachment is much higher than it ever was for former President Bill Clinton and above that for former President Richard Nixon in all but a final poll taken before the 37th president's resignation, according to the Gallup survey. "In myriad ways, the headwinds Trump faces are quite different from the ones faced by his embattled predecessors," Gallup's release stated. "Today's hyper-partisan enviornment" is partially responsible, Gallup said, as nearly all Democrats favor removing Trump from office.

Gallup's findings of support for impeachment are in line with several recent surveys, which have found roughly half of Americans support Democrats' actions. One of those polls, conducted by Fox News that found 51% of voters want Trump impeached and removed from office, was criticized sharply by Trump, even though the findings were consistent with other recent surveys on the issue.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/16/politics/impeachment-poll-gallup-donald-trump/index.html

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I'm not a Gallup fan but their poll is aligning with ones that came out last week as the message finally starts gaining some traction despite the other noise.

[docgee]

1. Gallup says the environment is partisan because

89% of Democrats favor impeachment.
Not because 94% of Republicans don't favor impeachment.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Yup.

Same for the approval rating where they neglect to mention the term "hyper-partisan" when it comes to that -

This update, from an Oct. 1-13 Gallup poll, also finds that Trump's approval rating remains flat, at 39%, compared with 40% in the late September update. It is on the low end of the 37% to 46% range recorded in 2019 so far, with the 37% readings coming in January during the government shutdown. Currently, 87% of Republicans, 34% of independents and 5% of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/267491/congress-approval-support-impeaching-trump.aspx

It's bothering Gallup to no end.

[TheOther95Percent]

3. I think it would be higher if we worked on messaging

Unlike the Mueller investigation, most Americans understand the brute transactional nature of the conversation Trump had with the Ukrainian president. We need to be pressing on things like:

Trump tried to induce a foreign government to manufacture evidence against an American citizen.

Only guilty people don't comply with legally issued subpoenas. Why is Trump taking the 5th? What is he hiding?

All these privilege claims are bunk. Privilege doesn't apply to government officials testifying to potentially criminal acts.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. I do think they have consolidated on a message including using terms such as

"pressuring a foreign ally to investigate an opponent and manufacture dirt"
"extorting ally by threatening to withhold funding"
"abuse of power"
"cover up"

And as a sidenote - congrats in advance on your upcoming 1000th post!

[JudyM]

5. +1000.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Buh bye Trumpy