Survey: Plurality Support Trump Impeachment

On the eve of the House debate and vote on articles of impeachment, half of the voters polled for a new Morning Consult/Politico poll favor impeaching and removing President Donald Trump.

The poll found that 41% of voters strongly support impeachment, while 9% somewhat support it. On the other side, 37% strongly oppose the move while 6% somewhat support (7% were on the fence).

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Among Republicans, 7% strongly supported impeachment and another 4% somewhat supported it, while 7% of Democrats opposed impeachment and another 1% were somewhat opposed.

Independents tended toward impeachment, with 35% supporting and 12% somewhat, while 30% strongly opposed and 9% somewhat.

There was no distinction between impeachment and removal, with 50% supporting both and the Democrats and Republicans equally split, 865 of Republicans in opposition and 86% of Democrats in support.

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As to the impact of the impeachment, 55% of Democrats said it would hurt Trump's chances for reelection, 64% said it would help.

The poll was conducted Dec. 14-15 among 1,991 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 2 percentage points. 

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.