New Poll Shows Majority Now Support Impeachment

Mother Jones reports:

A majority of Americans approve of House Democrats’ pursuit of a formal impeachment inquiry, according to a new CBS poll conducted by YouGov. The poll, which was published on Sunday night, found that 55 percent of the survey participants supported an impeachment inquiry.

Of those, 35 percent said they strongly support it and 20 percent said they somewhat approve. Forty-five percent disapproved of an inquiry; 31 percent of which said they strongly disapprove and 14 percent said they somewhat disapprove.

The results are largely split along party affiliation. The survey found that 87 percent of Democratic respondents approve of starting an impeachment inquiry, while 77 percent of Republican respondents disapprove.

The majority of Americans approve of congressional Democrats opening an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, according to a new CBS News / YouGov poll. https://t.co/SSlCdsgXVw

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 30, 2019