Poll: No impeachment bump after Mueller's testimony

[brooklynite]

Politico

A new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, conducted immediately after former special counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony, shows little impact on support for impeaching President Donald Trump, with a plurality of voters still opposed to beginning proceedings that could result in Trump’s removal from office.

Only 37 percent of voters say Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against Trump, according to the poll, which was conducted Thursday. More voters, 46 percent, say Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings. Sixteen percent of voters are undecided.

“Robert Mueller’s testimony did little to change public opinion around impeachment," said Tyler Sinclair, Morning Consult’s vice president — who also noted that, in the previous POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, conducted last Friday through Sunday, 38 percent of voters supported launching impeachment proceedings, while 50 percent opposed it.

But while public sentiment overall continues to lean against impeaching the president, the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll also underscores the quandary facing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders: Democratic voters are strongly in favor of impeachment, with 64 percent supporting it, combined with 18 percent who oppose it.

[stopdiggin]

1. falls in line

No real surprises here. (but thanks for the update) The Mueller report really didn't move the peg .. and in fairness was never expected to. The general public remains moderately against .. and overwhelmingly polarized along party lines. And impeachment is slowly gaining traction within the Democratic party .. with some noticeable ambivalence and opposition in some important quarters. More or less what we expected.

[AJT]

2. That is why "optics" is important.

Most people only pay attention to the squeaky wheel.

[BootinUp]

3. The question that should be asked is do they

Want the pResident removed from office.

[doc03]

4. Barr killed the Mueller Report. Most people convinced

no colution.

[brush]

5. Seven more Dem reps came out for impeachment. That's somewhat of a bump.

[rownesheck]

6. I think

dumbass america doesn't know what impeachment means.

[uponit7771]

7. ***** 37% was support for Nixon impeachment !!!! *****

[Azathoth]

8. Pelosi made the call on Day 1 that there would be no impeachment

And Dem leadership has relentlessly worked to discourage any impeachment talk.

It's actually kind of amazing that 37% of Americans want something that BOTH political parties are telling them should not happen.