538: Midterm voters oppose Impeachment

[brooklynite]

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[cynatnite]

1. This was done before the report was released. Not sure how much it matters now. n/t

[uponit7771]

6. +1, and it's midterm and its online and its not split 3 ways and its only 3% away from Nixon ....

... impeachment numbers.

Don't know what point Silver was trying to make here

[SunSeeker]

2. Those surveyed did not read Mueller's report. nt

[manor321]

3. Who cares?

The proceedings will build support for impeachment.

[maxsolomon]

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[uponit7771]

5. Sigh, this is bullshit. Online poll that leaves out indies and Nixon impeachment was 43% so 39% isnt

... that far away.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Tell Hickenlooper if he wants his numbers to move he should come out for impeachment

[Kaleva]

13. Has any candidate come out in favour of impeachment yet?

[Takket]

8. i'd need to see some compelling data that the public opposes impeachment POST Mueller report....

before i buy that we shouldn't impeach. and not.... well 55% oppose it... i'm talking "we're probably going to lose MI, PA, & WI again if we impeach" type data.

[standingtall]

9. I never trusted those exit polls on election night and still dont

Those questions were likely heavily skewed towards swing states and this is a national question. Besides that we now have confirmation of Trump's corruption by an authority before we only had media reports.

[honest.abe]

10. Clearly at that time many did not know what we know now.

Furthermore, impeachment hearings would bring out much more detailed information and no doubt those "yes" numbers would swell and hearings progressed.

[Dirty Socialist]

11. Nixon wasn't impeached

He resigned. He knew the writing was on the wall, and when impeachment would start, his corruption would be truly exposed.

[Rstrstx]

12. Those numbers don't add up unless the respondents were 73% Republican and 27% Democratic

That or they left out Independents (and not sure why they'd do that, they'd be more important than partisans)

[sdfernando]

14. well the next election is not a midterm election. /nt

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Who cares