Majority of Americans now support Trump impeachment investigation, poll finds

The latest survey from the Pew Research Center indicates that a majority of American adults support the House's decision to begin an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, with support even more pronounced among younger age groups.

The data, released Thursday, showed that 54 percent of American adults approve of the House's decision to launch an investigation into the president. Forty-four percent disapproved of the move.

An even higher number—58 percent—said the president had definitely or probably done things that are "grounds for impeachment."

The study surveyed 3,487 adults between October 1 and 13. Though most supported the investigation, Pew noted that most Americans have not changed their views on the matter since early September before House Leader Nancy Pelosi announced the probe.

However, Pew reported that nine percent of respondents who had initially opposed the investigation have changed their minds and now back it. Most of these—61 percent—were either Democrats or Democrat-leaning independents, though 32 percent were either Republicans or Republican-leaning independents.

nicko wrote:A bit like the Brexit vote ?

nicko wrote:Remainers, traitors and scum, shouting and swearing a Mogg with his young Son,disgusting !

nicko wrote:Jo Cox was murdered by a nutter, fuck all to do with Brexit !

nicko wrote:Remainers, traitors and scum, shouting and swearing a Mogg with his young Son,disgusting !
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nicko wrote:Jo Cox was murdered by a nutter, fuck all to do with Brexit !

Andy wrote:Over a million anti Brexit protesters in London yesterday, Lez, not A hint of trouble, and few, if any arrests.

nicko wrote:A bit like the Brexit vote ?

Eilzel wrote:

Andy wrote:Over a million anti Brexit protesters in London yesterday, Lez, not A hint of trouble, and few, if any arrests.

Quite right. Sadly with these marches they are usually ignored by the government when they are peaceful, and condemned when they do get out of hand.

The only 'democracy' the Tories love is that ONE vote on that ONE day that ONE time

nicko wrote:Any way future threads could not be about Trump ?

Fred Moletrousers wrote:

Eilzel wrote:

Andy wrote:Over a million anti Brexit protesters in London yesterday, Lez, not A hint of trouble, and few, if any arrests.

Quite right. Sadly with these marches they are usually ignored by the government when they are peaceful, and condemned when they do get out of hand.

The only 'democracy' the Tories love is that ONE vote on that ONE day that ONE time

Well only "the Tories" can answer that one; I'm not a member of the Conservative Party nor even an unquestioning Conservative voter, so I can answer only for myself, Lez.

I voted "leave" in 2016, based on my own rather extensive knowledge and experience of the governance, record and aspirations of the European Union as being pursued by its unelected executive Commission.

Are you saying that extremely rare and constitutional event, one of the handful of occasions on which ordinary voters were offered and accepted the opportunity of democratically shaping the future course of their own country, was of no consequence?

Your party leader appears to think so because that is now LibDem policy, as is denial of a second chance to vote again on the simple in-out issue, but I had thought you to be a greater democrat than that.  

Ben Reilly wrote:Is there any way we can stick to the original topic here?

I often find, interestingly enough, that the questions I ask calmly and reasonably go utterly ignored.

So let me ask with just a bit more energy:

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD REFRAIN FROM TURNING A TRUMP THREAD INTO A BREXIT THREAD.

Eilzel wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Is there any way we can stick to the original topic here?

I often find, interestingly enough, that the questions I ask calmly and reasonably go utterly ignored.

So let me ask with just a bit more energy:

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD REFRAIN FROM TURNING A TRUMP THREAD INTO A BREXIT THREAD.

Last I read on the impeachment was Pelosi had no immediate plans to vote on it in the House. Regardless of public opinion Trump seems doomed to see out his term and maybe even win another. The mainstream Democrats seem scared of doing anything that might be turned against them.

White House wrote:...we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.

The President:I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.

Eilzel wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Is there any way we can stick to the original topic here?

I often find, interestingly enough, that the questions I ask calmly and reasonably go utterly ignored.

So let me ask with just a bit more energy:

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD REFRAIN FROM TURNING A TRUMP THREAD INTO A BREXIT THREAD.

Last I read on the impeachment was Pelosi had no immediate plans to vote on it in the House. Regardless of public opinion Trump seems doomed to see out his term and maybe even win another. The mainstream Democrats seem scared of doing anything that might be turned against them.

Original Quill wrote:

Eilzel wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:Is there any way we can stick to the original topic here?

I often find, interestingly enough, that the questions I ask calmly and reasonably go utterly ignored.

So let me ask with just a bit more energy:

IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD REFRAIN FROM TURNING A TRUMP THREAD INTO A BREXIT THREAD.

Last I read on the impeachment was Pelosi had no immediate plans to vote on it in the House. Regardless of public opinion Trump seems doomed to see out his term and maybe even win another. The mainstream Democrats seem scared of doing anything that might be turned against them.

Pelosi has changed her mind in the face of overwhelming Democratic support for impeachment.  It started with the July 25th telephone call from Trump to Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, in which Trump tried a typical mafia shakedown of Zelensky:

White House wrote:...we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.

The President:I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it.

Trump then went on to demand that Zelensky invent a story to the effect that Biden was corrupt because his son was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company.  What this describes is 'OPPO' narrative, whether research or fiction, that Trump could use as campaign fodder in the up-coming election.  It is illegal for a candidate to accept anything of value from a foreign entity, for use in an election campaign.

Thus, Trump broke the law.  Not only did he solicit the contribution, but he conditioned the release of arms, already mandated by Congress to go to the Ukraine, on receiving the contribution.

This, then, triggered an all-out impeachment investigation targeting Trump, and his allies Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, and others.  Each witness that refuses to come forward and testify before Congress pursuant to subpoena, will be deemed to have admitted facts that would have been asked of him or her under the theory that such noncooperation was motivated by awareness of guilt, and thus it will be added to the Bill of Impeachment as a tacit admission of guilt.

A vote of Impeachment is expected by November 28th.  Things are moving forward, Les.  What do you think?

USA Today wrote:Support for Trump impeachment rises as 59% say he pursued personal interests in Ukraine, poll finds

William Cummings,
USA TODAY•October 23, 2019

WASHINGTON – Support for the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings in Ukraine continue to grow, as does support for his removal from office, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found.

A 55% majority of registered voters said they approved of the inquiry, while 43% said they disapproved. A week ago, 51% of voters said they approved and 45% disapproved. Quinnipiac has found support for the inquiry to be in the low-50% range since it was announced at the end of September

The poll found that slightly less than half of Americans support impeaching Trump and removing him from office, though support for such a move has been trending up since the inquiry began.

Currently, 48% support Trump's removal. That is two percentage points higher than last week and 11 points higher than on Sept. 25.

But opinions on impeachment continue to divide sharply along party lines. Only 10% of Republican voters approve of the inquiry while 88% disapprove, and just 6% think Trump should be removed. By contrast, 93% of Democrats approve of the inquiry while 7% disapprove, and 86% think Trump should be removed.

Among independents, 58% supported the inquiry and 37% opposed it. And 49% of independents favored removing Trump from office, while 41% opposed it.

A CNN poll released Tuesday found 50% of Americans think Trump should be removed from office, up from September when support for his removal was at 47%.

Trump is accused of withholding military aid to Ukraine to pressure the country into investigating allegations related to former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, and a theory that Ukraine was involved in 2016 election meddling.

The president has denied there was any "quid pro quo" with Ukraine and that his focus was on combating corruption in that country before handing over aid. But only 33% of voters said they believe Trump was acting in the national interest compared with 59% who believe he was pursuing his personal interests there.

"Republicans remain rock solid in opposing both the impeachment of President Trump and the House impeachment inquiry. But when it comes to the president's motives in Ukraine, Republicans aren't all on the same page. Roughly 7 in 10 Republicans say the president was pursuing the national interest in his dealings with Ukraine. The rest say he was pursuing his own personal interest or they don't know," said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Mary Snow.

Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they approved of the job Trump is doing as president, his lowest mark with Quinnipiac since August. Fifty-eight percent said they disapproved, his highest mark since July 2018.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., had a higher job approval rating than the president at 45%, while 47% expressed disapproval. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's job approval was at 24% and his disapproval was at 57%,

"President Trump's overall job approval rating inches lower against a backdrop of intensifying scrutiny, the House impeachment inquiry and criticism over his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria," Snow said. "A majority of Americans disapprove of his decision to remove U.S. military support from the Kurds, which includes about 3 in 10 Republicans."

Fifty-seven percent of voters said Trump is making the world a less safe place, while 36% said he was making it safer. Fifty-two percent said Trump had weakened the U.S. standing as leader of the free world, while a third said he had strengthened it and 11% said he had not affected it.

The poll was conducted from Oct. 17-21 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump impeachment inquiry support grows, Quinnipiac poll finds.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/support-trump-impeachment-rises-59-134245492.html

Andy wrote:Trouble is Quill, he will be voted out of office at the end of his catastrophic 4 year reign of error long before anything legal happens to him. He will second,  have immunity in Russia with his best pal Putin  and will continue his business screwing poor people from his Moscow Trump tower.
He needs to be cuffed, imprisoned without bail and given an orange jump suit.
Straight away.