PPP’s newest national poll finds a record level of support for impeaching Donald Trump. 49% of voters support impeaching him, to 41% who are opposed to doing so. This marks the 6th month in a row we’ve found a plurality of voters in favor of impeaching Trump, and it’s the closest we’ve found to a majority.
Trump’s approval rating has declined by a net 7 points in the last month. In September we found him at a -11 spread with 42% of voters approving of him to 53% who disapproved. Now he’s at -18 with 38% of voters approving of him to 56% who disapprove.
Trump claimed last week that he had accomplished more in 9 months than any President in American History, but only 25% of voters believe that claim to 66% who do not, although it’s a notable measure of the ‘Trump cult’ that 55% of those who voted for him do believe he’s the most accomplished to 32% who disagree. Voters actually put his first 9 months in a very different historical context- 49% already say they think he’s the worst President in American History, to 43% who dispute that notion. By a 54/40 margin voters wish Barack Obama was still President instead of Trump, and by a 48/42 spread they wish Hillary Clinton was in the White House rather than Trump.
I really think that as this Mueller investigation continues forward the momentum building toward impeaching Donald Trump may prove irreversible.
Even though it would likely mean allowing Mike Pence, a terrible choice for a variety of reasons, to take over the presidency, it still feels as if that is not enough to make people choose to allow Trump to stay in office.
I think that Trump will fight an impeachment every step of the way, and in the end the damage that he will do to the Republican party could fracture it for all time.
At this point I am not certain if that is a good thing, or a bad thing.
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