Poll: 45 percent of Americans say Trump should be impeached

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Just under half of Americans say President Trump Donald John TrumpTrump appears to contradict officials, calls reports on 2020 census 'fake' Fox's July 4 coverage to highlight charity for families of wounded, fallen service members Why Kim gets Trump's love and Khamenei doesn't MORE should be impeached as House Democrats continue to grapple with how to most effectively utilize their oversight powers over the White House.

Forty-five percent of Americans say Trump should be impeached, while 53 percent say he should not be, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.

The results are divided along partisan lines, with 7 percent of Republicans, 46 percent of independents and 81 percent of Democrats saying Trump should be impeached.

Despite overall opposition to impeachment, Gallup notes that support for Trump’s ouster exceeds that for former President Clinton's throughout the Monica Lewinsky scandal and for former President Nixon's at the beginning of the Watergate controversy.

Trump’s overall favorability rating sits at 41 percent in the poll, staying within the low-to-mid-40s range it has been in for most of his presidency.

The poll comes as House Democrats are engulfed in an intraparty dispute over whether to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump.

Eighty-one House Democrats support beginning the proceedings, with many saying Trump has obstructed justice and that impeachment could help House committees more easily obtain documents and testimony for their own oversight hearings.

However, Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi presses Trump to make changes to treatment of migrants at border GOP strategist praises El Salvador's president for taking blame for migrant deaths The Hill's 12:30 Report: Democrats take Trump tax return fight to the courts MORE (D-Calif.) has thus far beaten back the calls, worrying that impeachment would not be bipartisan and could help consolidate Trump’s base ahead of the 2020 election.

The Gallup poll surveyed 1,018 adults from June 19 to June 30 and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.

BoredBeingBusy on July 4th, 2019 at 01:50 UTC »

Wait... Is The Hill running an article on impeachment?

kurrotomme on July 4th, 2019 at 01:49 UTC »

Poll: 45 percent of Americans say Trump should be impeached

Imagine where this number will sit after Mueller testifies. Then after Don McGahn testifies. Then after his tax return is released.

StrategicMindz on July 4th, 2019 at 01:47 UTC »

it’s a Gallup poll 45% approve impeachment 41% approve trump impeachment is higher than approval

46% of Independents support impeachment

(54% disapprove Trump, 53% disapprove impeachment, 81% democrats approve impeachment, 7% republicans approve impeachment)

Gallup notes that support for Trump’s ouster exceeds that for former President Clinton's throughout the Monica Lewinsky scandal and for former President Nixon's at the beginning of the Watergate controversy.