New Politico/Morning Consult poll finds voter support for impeachment is increasing

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last updated 27 September 2019

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll released Thursday afternoon shows that 43 percent of voters believe Congress should start the impeachment process against President Trump, up 7 percentage points from a poll conducted last Friday through Sunday. It was the latest poll showing an uptick in support for impeachment since Trump's Ukraine scandal broke and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Tuesday she was opening a formal impeachment inquiry.

Democratic voters especially are favorable to impeachment, with support increasing from 66 percent in the last poll to 79 percent now, but Morning Consult Vice President Tyler Sinclair said this week's news has "had a significant impact on Republicans and independents, giving credibility to Democrats' impeachment inquiry. Up from 5 percent last week, 10 percent of Republicans now support beginning impeachment proceedings, while support among independents has reached 39 percent."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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