Poll Finds Growing Support for Impeaching Trump
Source: vice.com
May 16 2017, 2:25pm
Photo by Win McNamee via Getty Images
Forty-eight percent of American voters now want the president impeached.
Over Trump's last month in office, the government has lost an FBI director, gained a controversial new healthcare bill, and left many people wondering whether or not the current administration can be trusted to handle highly classified intelligence. Perhaps those are just some of the reasons that a majority of American voters say they want Trump impeached, according to a new poll.
The poll, released Tuesday from Public Policy Polling, surveyed 692 registered voters from around the country between May 1214right after former FBI director James Comey's abrupt dismissaland asked about their approval of Trump's job so far and how long they think he'll last in the Oval Office. It found that 48 percent of American voters think Trump should be impeached, while 41 percent disagree.
Even more voters54 percentdisapprove with the job Trump's done, while only 40 percent approve. Those numbers are slightly higher than a Quinnipiac University poll released last Wednesday that clocked Trump's approval rating at just 36 percent. According to Gallup, Trump's 36 percent approval rating is a record low for any president since the poll began in 1953.
"There is no way to spin or sugarcoat these sagging numbers," Tim Malloy, Quinnipiac University Poll's assistant director, said. "Deepening concerns about Trump's honesty, intelligence, and level headedness are red flags that the administration simply can't brush away."......................................
Read more: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/poll-finds-growing-support-for-impeaching-trump-vgtrn
And this was BEFORE todays Comey memo nytimes article. And yesterdays Trumps blabbering about classified information to the Russians in the Oval office
PPP poll here:
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2017/PPP_Release_National_51617.pdf
ElementaryPenguin
(7,800 posts)48% less than 120 days in!!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,237 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,370 posts)is if you offer a similarly odious "replacement" to cling to. Then they might drop him and move on to the replacement. Otherwise the vacuum is too much for them to handle.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,237 posts)scary than Drumphf because he's regarded as a serious legislative type with experience in the House & the governor's mansion.
BumRushDaShow
(129,370 posts)then him through his Chief of Staff (or one of his staff).
brer cat
(24,592 posts)There is really good news for us:
This poll was before today's bomb shells, so the next poll should be even more devastating.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,237 posts)brer cat
(24,592 posts)to get rid of as many republicans as possible. We have to get people in place and then start building party loyalty to Democrats!
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Long term, we realy need to work on ways to increase turnout, permanently. Losing ground on this is one reason we're in this mess.
riversedge
(70,282 posts)PublicPolicyPolling Retweeted
Swing Left @swingleft 1h1 hour ago
Swing Left Retweeted PublicPolicyPolling
.@ppppolls says "significant backlash" over #AHCA has fired up Dems and put the House in play for 2018, but we already knew that.
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riversedge
(70,282 posts)PublicPolicyPolling Retweeted
AARP AdvocatesVerified account @AARPadvocates 8h8 hours ago
No one hates the AHCA more than older voters, & guess what: they say they plan to hold anyone who votes for it accountable. (via @ppppolls)
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riversedge
(70,282 posts)much toooooooooooo early for this.
Marc FortierVerified account @MarcNBCBoston 8h8 hours ago
New @ppppolls survey has Trump trailing Biden (54-40%), Sanders (52-39), Warren (49-39) & "The Rock" (42-37) in potential 2020 matchups.
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,237 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Julian Englis
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A lot of work ahead.
To be really effective and to save the nation, Trump's abettors and co-conspirators need to be held accountable also.
We don't want Pence to be able to pass the Ryan-Putin-Bannon-Koch Bros. agenda.
Astraea
(468 posts)They elected the WORST president ever! Hope they enjoy this shit sandwich they landed us with. Hope hating Hillary was worth it.
riversedge
(70,282 posts)riversedge
(70,282 posts)The Polls For Republicans Are A 'Disaster,' Believe Me
By Frances Langum
5/17/17 8:00am
Credit: Mike Luckovich, Washington Post
The Republican Party is going down, folks. Public Policy Polling published today:
Voters are both having buyer's remorse about the outcome of the 2016 election and wishing they could return to the good old days of 4 months ago. By an 8 point margin, 49/41, they say they wish Hillary Clinton was President instead of Trump. And by a 16 point margin, 55/39, they say they wish Barack Obama was still in office instead of Trump.
One thing hurting Trump is that Americans expect honesty from their President and his aides, and they feel like they're not getting it. Last week Trump tweeted that it was unreasonable to expect his press staff to always tell the truth, but 77% of voters say they do expect the President's Press Secretaries to tell the truth all the time compared to only 14% who say that isn't that expectation. Only 38% of voters say they consider Trump to be honest, to 55% who say they don't think he is. And a majority of voters (51%) outright say they consider Trump to be a liar to 41% who say they disagree with that characterization.
One issue that's not going away is Trump's failure to release his tax returns. 62% of voters continue to think he needs to release them, to only 29% who think it's not necessary for him to. 61% would even support a law requiring candidates for President to release 5 years of tax returns in order to appear on the ballot, with just 28% opposed to such a provision.
And while TrumpRussia reinforces the public's opinion that Trump is a liar, it's the health care vote that makes people want to chuck their Republican congressman out with last night's garbage. The Democratic advantage of people "excited" to vote in 2018 is +27%. And PPP says it's primarily the "significant backlash" over the AHCA vote. The threatened feeling people have over their health insurance is guaranteed not to go away. ............................................
cisco man
(26 posts)I just want to really know...how the hell can ANYONE say that what the Comey letter says isn't absolute obstruction?? Why, oh why are there tv legal analysts saying that it may not be? It's so black & white. I keep trying hard to wait for the final blow & when I believe there is one...they keep saying it isn't. HOW????? What exactly would these idiot republicans need to have as proof? I just keep shaking my head. The polls are looking better but they are nowhere near what they really should be. Freakin amazes me that any human being still back this nightmare. These trump supporters truly are evil; truly are brainless hateful creatures.