Support for Trump's removal from office rises 10 points since last week in new poll


When it comes to voters' opinions on President Trump's impeachment, quite a lot has changed in a matter of days.
In a new Quinnipiac national survey of voters released Monday, 47 percent said Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 47 percent said he shouldn't be. A previous Quinnipiac poll released five days earlier on Sept. 25 showed a 20-point gap, with 37 percent saying Trump should be impeached and removed, and 57 percent saying he shouldn't.
This latest poll comes after quite an eventful week of news, during which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced the opening of an official impeachment inquiry into Trump, and after a whistleblower complaint alleged Trump abused his power in office by pushing for Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son.
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The impeachment inquiry has the support of 52 percent of voters in this Quinnipiac poll. At the same time, when asked if they believe members of Congress who support Trump's impeachment are doing so on the basis of facts or on the basis of partisan politics, 56 percent said the latter.
This is the latest poll showing increased support for impeachment, with a CNN poll released Monday finding 47 percent of Americans support Trump's impeachment and removal, up from 41 percent in May; the same percentage of Americans had previously supported Trump's impeachment in a CNN survey in September 2018.
Quinnipiac's poll was conducted by speaking to 1,115 registered voters nationwide over the phone from Sept. 27-29. The margin of error is 3.6 percentage points. Read the full results at Quinnipiac.
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Brendan worked as a culture writer at The Week from 2018 to 2023, covering the entertainment industry, including film reviews, television recaps, awards season, the box office, major movie franchises and Hollywood gossip. He has written about film and television for outlets including Bloody Disgusting, Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Heavy and The Celebrity Cafe.
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