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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist Poll shows the nation is divided on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
The poll also finds that people are paying at least fairly close
attention (63 percent) to the impeachment hearings, but fewer than one-third
say their minds could be changed on whether they support impeachment. Among
them, four-in-10 independents say they’re swayable, but just one-quarter of
Republicans and Democrats say they are.
From what they’ve heard or read so far from the testimony and
evidence presented, by a 47-percent-to-41-percent margin, people say they are
more likely to support impeachment.
Half of people say they approve of the impeachment inquiry (50 percent), 7 percent more than don’t (43 percent), which is about where it was a month ago (52 percent/43 percent). But people are pretty much split down the middle on whether Trump should be impeached and removed from office, 45 percent/44 percent.
Many people think Trump’s actions were wrong–70 percent say it is
unacceptable for a president to ask foreign leader to investigate a political
opponent. But the question is, is that impeachable?
“Strictly on the merits of what has been presented, people think
it is wrong for a president to interject a foreign leader into the United
States’ electoral politics,” says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist
College Institute for Public Opinion. “The disagreement is on whether or not it
is a big deal which warrants impeachment.”
With regard to 2020, 69 percent of Democrats say they’re happy with the field. Less than one-quarter say they’re not. And three-quarters of Dems say they still haven’t made up their minds on who to vote for.
Here are the poll’s key findings:
Impeachment
· 47 percent say
evidence has made them more likely to support impeachment, versus 41 percent
who say less likely
· 45 percent of
Independents say the evidence has made them more likely to favor impeachment,
while 45 percent report it has made them less likely to do so
· 65 percent of
Americans say there really aren’t any developments in the impeachment inquiry
that would sway their position, while 30 percent say new information can change
their minds
· 30 percent who say
they can change their minds includes 39 percent of Independents, 25 percent of
Democrats and 24 percent of Republicans
· 63 percent/37 percent
say they’re following the news about impeachment “very” or “fairly” closely/not
closely or at all
· 50 percent of
Americans approve of the impeachment inquiry, while 43 percent disapprove and
30 percent strongly disapprove
· 46 percent of
Independents approve of impeachment inquiry, and 46 percent disapprove
· 49 percent believe
the impeachment is a serious matter, while 47% percent believe it’s just
politics, tighter than the 51 percent/46 percent last month
· 45 percent believe
Trump should be impeached and removed from office, and 44 percent oppose or are
unsure of either impeachment or removal
· 47 percent believe
Trump should just be impeached without removal, 46 percent oppose
· 56 percent support
protecting the whistleblower’s identity, 39 percent oppose
· 70 percent believe
it is unacceptable for a president to ask a foreign leader to investigate a
political opponent, and 22 percent think it’s acceptable, slightly up from 68
percent/26 percent last month.
· 29 percent of
voters nationally say they are less likely to vote for their representative if
they vote to impeach President Trump, while 19 percent report it will make them
more likely to do so
2020
· 69 percent/23 percent
Democratic voters and Dem-leaning indies satisfied/not satisfied with the field
· 75 percent still
have not made up their mind in the Dem contest. That’s less than the 82 percent
a month ago.
· Dems have a 46
percent/41 percent advantage over Republicans on generic congressional ballot.
Last month was +3D.
Among ALL registered voters, qualities people would be
“enthusiastic” about voting for in a candidate:
· 71 percent Woman
· 58 percent White Man
· 54 percent Business
Executive
· 53 percent Gay or Lesbian
· 52 percent Candidate
under 40
· 38 percent Over 70
· 20% Socialist
By party, results show our two very different worlds …
Democrats and Dem-leaning Independents: Woman (83 percent), Gay or Lesbian (69 percent), Under 40 (62 percent), White Man (53% percent), Socialist (37 percent), Business Executives (34 percent), Over 70 (31 percent)
GOP and Repubican-leaning independents: Business Executive (78
percent), White Man (65 percent), Woman (59 percent), Over 70 (45 percent),
Under 40 (37 percent), Gay or Lesbian (37 percent), Socialist (4 percent)
Trump
· 41 percent approve of the job Trump is doing, 51 percent disapprove (unchanged from 42 percent last month); 29 precent strongly approve, 40 percent strongly disapprove
· 39 percent approve
of Trump’s foreign policy, 54 percent disapprove
· 33 percent approve of Trump’s handling of Syria, 52 percent disapprove
· 39 percent will
definitely vote for Trump, while 52 percent will definitely vote against him
(unchanged from last month)
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