Plurality of Americans Support Impeaching Trump, Support Continues to Grow

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Since the news broke earlier this week about President Trump’s controversial phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, several polls have found that a plurality of Americans support impeaching him.

A poll from YouGov/HuffPost, surveying 1000 respondents from Tuesday to Thursday, found that 47 percent support impeachment compared to 39 percent who oppose, an eight-point uptick from the last time they surveyed the public on the question. 

A Marist/NPR/PBS NewsHour survey, meanwhile, taken on Wednesday, found that nearly half of Americans support impeachment. Forty-nine percent of respondents said they favor impeaching Trump, while 46 percent said they oppose it. 

On Tuesday, a Harris/Rasmussen survey shows 44 percent of voters favoring impeachment, compared to 41 percent who view impeachment with disfavor, a 3 percent rise since the last time they asked the question. 

Finally, a poll from Morning Consult/Politico — surveying 1,640 registered voters between Tuesday and Thursday of this week — was the only one of the four not to find plurality support for impeachment. Instead, the survey shows a tie, with 43 percent of Americans favoring impeachment and 43 percent disfavoring it. Support for impeachment rose seven points from a similar survey conducted over the weekend, before news of the call broke.

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[TheQueenLG 2,469]

I really couldn't care less about what the Americans think. A small fraction of Americans are knowledgeable of general civics and the American government, much less the law. 

By the way, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have posted this, but I just think polls like this are pretty meaningless. 

[Jill 31,812]

4 minutes ago, TheQueenLG said:

I really couldn't care less about what the Americans think. A small fraction of Americans are knowledgeable of general civics and the American government, much less the law. 

By the way, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have posted this, but I just think polls like this are pretty meaningless. 

Then we must overthrow democracy! Go back to feudalism! Kings and queens know best, after all, don't they? Oh, and of course! Emperors and Princes! Yes, yes. Just by the though of it I'm already c*mming equality and justice.

[Economy 52,861]

28 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Then we must overthrow democracy! Go back to feudalism! Kings and queens know best, after all, don't they? Oh, and of course! Emperors and Princes! Yes, yes. Just by the though of it I'm already c*mming equality and justice.

Im not against democracy but for it to work better i really wish there was more education on things like economics, politics and social anthropology

 

people knowing very little about everything is how in democracy political parties sway public opinion and gather votes in ways that dont truly benefit society as a whole

[TheQueenLG 2,469]

29 minutes ago, Lionel Hutz said:

Then we must overthrow democracy! Go back to feudalism! Kings and queens know best, after all, don't they? Oh, and of course! Emperors and Princes! Yes, yes. Just by the though of it I'm already c*mming equality and justice.

Very funy! Haha!

We live in a representative democracy. Our representatives have certain duties that they must perform. The American electorate, as a whole, does not understand the law nor the process of impeachment.

Does this fact disqualify our representatives in Congress from performing their constitutional duties? No. 

That's all I am saying. 

The ignorance of the electorate should not stop our representatives from doing what is right, in the legal sense. 

If the electorate does not like how their representatives deal with impeachment, they can vote their representatives out of office in 2020. 

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

41 minutes ago, TheQueenLG said:

I really couldn't care less about what the Americans think. A small fraction of Americans are knowledgeable of general civics and the American government, much less the law. 

By the way, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have posted this, but I just think polls like this are pretty meaningless. 

I mean I mostly agree and absolutely on some issues don't care at all what most Americans think. That said, polling is good for what it's worth, which is not everything.

Also, politicians certainly pay attention to polling so this is important for getting them to do the right thing.