A Monmouth University poll published Thursday shows a majority of Americans oppose attempts to impeach President Trump, while Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee move forward with the idea anyway.
“The latest Monmouth University Poll finds that about one-fifth of those who disapprove of Trump’s job performance join nearly all of those who approve of the president to say that moving ahead with an impeachment inquiry is a bad idea,” the pollster reports.
“Only 1-in-5 Americans think that an impeachment trial would actually lead to Trump’s removal from office. Opinion is mixed in terms of how this could impact the 2020 elections, but there are some indications in the poll that surviving an impeachment trial could provide a small net boost for Trump’s reelection effort.”
Data shows support for impeachment is at its lowest level since Monmouth University began asking about the possibility two years ago, with a mere 35 percent of Americans backing the idea of forcing Trump from office, compared to 59 percent who oppose.
“Support from the president’s removal via impeachment has ranged between 35% and 42% since Monmouth started asking the question in July 2017, with the current results at the low end of that range,” Monmouth reports. “Opposition to impeachment has been between 53% and 59% during the same time.”
A majority of Americans even oppose the House Judiciary Committee’s recent move to conduct an inquiry into impeachment, with 51 percent opposed. Of course, 72 percent of Democrats want to impeach Trump, while only 39 percent of independents and 8 percent of Republicans are on board.
“Of those who disapprove of the president’s job performance, fully two-thirds (69%) say it is a good idea to take this step (of a congressional inquiry), while just over 1-in-5 (22%) disagree.”
The poll pegged Trump’s overall job approval rating at 40 percent, or 13 percentage points fewer than those who approve. Those figures are largely unchanged over the last month and have fluctuated little in the last year.
