Support for impeachment rises 12 points

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A new Hill-HarrisX survey on Friday found support for impeachment proceedings against President Trump has risen 12 points compared to a similar poll conducted three months ago.

The survey was conducted on Sept. 26-27, just days after House Democrats started a formal impeachment inquiry over a whistleblower complaint involving Trump’s communications with Ukraine.

The poll showed 47 percent of respondents support that decision, up 12 points from a similar survey in June, which asked whether Democrats should begin impeachment proceedings.

Meanwhile, opposition to impeachment dipped 3 points to 42 percent, while 11 percent of those polled in the new survey said they weren't sure or didn't know ...

https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/463408-support-for-impeachment-rises-12-points-in-new-poll

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1. Lead... and the people will follow.

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5. When the people lead, their leaders will follow

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2. Public opinion on impeachment may be shifting

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
Published 12:39 p.m. ET Sept. 27, 2019

... An NPR/PBS/Marist poll .. showed .. 49% .. approve of the impeachment inquiry, while 46% do not ...

That survey was conducted on Wednesday ...

A second survey, conducted by Politico in partnership with Morning Consult, was done between Tuesday night and early Thursday ...

Of its respondents, an equal number (43%) said an impeachment inquiry should be launched as said it shouldn't ...

... A Quinnipiac survey .. conducted Sept. 19-23 showed 37% of respondents thought the president should be impeached and removed ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1002&pid=12514645

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3. Should continue creeping up in support, also

as the reality (finally) sets in.

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4. Support for Impeachment Jumps

By Natasha Bach
September 27, 2019

... A Politico/Morning Consult poll conducted .. found that support for Trump's impeachment has matched its highest point to date ...

The poll further found that 59% of those who support impeachment believe Trump committed an impeachable offense .. Thirty-seven percent of these supporters went further, saying that Trump should be removed from office “because he has proven he is unfit to serve.”

Several other polls .. show even greater support for impeachment. A YouGov/HuffPost poll found 47% in favor and 39% opposing, an 8-point increase in support ...

And a SurveyMonkey/Business Insider poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday found 45% of respondents in support of impeachment, while 30% were opposed. Another 25% either didn’t know or didn’t support nor oppose impeachment.

The polls all seem to suggest that the public’s generally long-held opposition to impeachment is diminishing ...

https://fortune.com/2019/09/27/trump-impeachment-poll-latest-support/

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6. In new Virginia poll, Trump loses to every 2020 Democratic candidate

... President Donald Trump trails all of his potential 2020 Democratic rivals by big margins, according to a new survey of Virginia voters. The poll, conducted by the University of Mary Washington, shows Trump losing to former Vice President Joe Biden by 14 points. “The way that you win Virginia statewide is you win in the suburbs,” said Stephen Farnsworth, director of UMW’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies. “Trump may not be the best candidate for Republicans who are trying to do that” ...

https://vadogwood.com/newsletter/dogwood-daily-in-new-virginia-poll-trump-loses-to-every-2020-democratic-candidate/