Poll: 4 in 10 support impeaching Trump

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/The Hill

Forty percent of registered voters support impeaching President Trump, according to a poll released Thursday from the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP).

Nearly half of voters, 48 percent, are opposed to impeaching Trump, and 12 percent remain unsure, according to the poll.

Pollsters also found that a majority of voters, 52 percent, would prefer former President Obama in his old role rather than Trump; 43 percent prefer Trump, and 5 percent are uncertain.

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"But Donald Trump's making history once again with a sizeable share of voters already wanting to impeach him, and a majority of voters wishing they could have Barack Obama back."

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Given the election assistance of Russia, Trump's continued conflicts, unstable dealings with world leaders, appointment of cabinet members with little experience or expertise, his efforts to intimidate the media, and incredible willingness to blatantly lie, IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF HIS PRESIDENCY, I am not really surprised.

[tenorly]

1. Lock him up.

And throw the Brownshirt brigade in there with him.

[joanbarnes]

2. So Low?

[leftynyc]

12. Sometimes it takes a while

before people will admit they've been duped.

[True Dough]

3. It's a number that's going to grow

As dummy makes more gaffes, some of the holdouts (who should already be embarrassed) will eventually come around.

[Grassy Knoll]

4. only 4 In 10....

How Embarrassing

[mpcamb]

31. I thinkwe need it to be over 8/10.

I'm no expert but that seems right for impeachment.

[Hekate]

5. Well, that's most of "us"-- now we have to shift the middle a bit. For the moment...

....the Deplorables still believe.

The place where it really tips against Trump is when his true believers start to peel off when they realize they've been betrayed by their hero.

How long do you think that will take?

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. 40% support for impeachment after only two weeks

give it a month or two and that'll be a majority.

[starshine00]

29. I know, it is stunning

it is almost as if Trump knows this is inevitable and is trying to ram through as much harmful legislation as possible. Supposedly his endgame before the election was to start mining dittohead type people for $$ with his own station...imagine what a martyr he would be for the rt wing if he was impeached (not to mentions fascists all over the world). Wow...

[JI7]

7. that 12 percent seems to be the ones who are easily swayed

they probably think they are being independent and fair but mostly they are just not that informed .

[oberliner]

8. Poll: One-third say impeach Obama

One third of Americans think President Barack Obama should be impeached, a new poll says.

According to a CNN/ORC International poll released Friday, 33 percent of Americans think the president should be impeached and removed from office, compared with 65 percent who say they don’t support impeachment. Fifty-seven percent of Republicans say they support impeaching Obama, compared with just 35 percent of independent voters and 13 percent of Democrats.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/poll-impeach-obama-support-33-percent-109369

[leftynyc]

13. That was in 2014

After he'd been in office for 5+ years. This is 15% more wanting it after only 2 weeks. I think that's the real story.

[oberliner]

14. Impeach Obama Groups Already Forming

President-elect Barack Obama won't be inaugurated for another ten weeks, but groups are already forming on the Internet to call for his impeachment.

Several groups exist on the social networking site Facebook, calling for the removal of Obama from office for a number of reasons, including planning to not uphold the Constitution of the United States and campaign finance violations.

Impeach Barack Obama was formed under the assumption that the winner of Tuesday's election will waste little time in violating his oath of office and already has more than 2,500 members on Facebook:

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/archive/Impeach_Obama_Groups_Already_Forming.html#ixzz4XcssUI72

It started early with Obama, too (among the haters, that is).

[leftynyc]

16. But what percentage of people

do you think were actually involved in that? I suspect 1-2%. Here it's already at 40% who want to get rid of the orange menace. It's not as if I want him impeached - Pence would be even worse. But I'm for making him as weak as he possibly can be without actually leaving. A fine line to be sure.

[oberliner]

17. Good points

But, let's be honest, if HRC was president, there would've be a sizable percentage on the other side wanting to impeach her on day one.

[leftynyc]

18. True enough (n/t)

[yurbud]

24. that number for Obama is pretty close to the number of hardcore Republicans.

[yurbud]

26. that's three-fourths of the way through his presidency. Trump beat him in days.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. That's it??

Exactly who are they asking??

[C Moon]

10. Is that all?

[duhneece]

11. When will, what will finally put him over 50%?

Mocking POW's, physically challenged folks, Immigrants, and so many others hasn't ...will it just creep up with more of his bizarre policies or will there be one outrageous one, the kind I can't even imagine ...since all of those I just mentioned didn't do it as I was so certain they would.

[yurbud]

25. if there is a terrorist attack or something like that, the public reaction might be the opposite of

under Bush.

People will realize you don't want an unstable incompetent in charge in an emergency.

[Demsrule86]

15. He has been in office less than a month...

And Democrats being sane do not consider impeachment the first option. I believe he should be relieved of duty by the GOP for mental impairment. Why put the country through impeachment? He needs to go.

[C Moon]

22. Agreed. By "is that all," I meant only 4 in 10? It should be 7 in 10.

[Demsrule86]

40. This is a CNN poll and the only other one close is Gallop so I doubt he has much of an approval

rating...under 40% in my opinion...he is a complete asshat.

[B2G]

19. But 47% approval overall?

I don't get that.

[TomCADem]

20. Easy. Large Number of Racists, Who Insist They Arent't Racists...

...they are just using "common sense." Likewise, sexists who feel vindicated by the attack on "political correctness." Women should dress like women? Of course! Why should I go through security? I don't look like a terrorists!

[TexasBushwhacker]

37. 47% can't admit they made a mistake n/t

[EricMaundry]

21. Trexit

[yurbud]

23. PIC: for context: that's already higher than wanted to impeach Bill Clinton

[PatrickforO]

35. It IS a double standard, isn't it?

I'm sorry - I don't mean to seem negative, but it seems to me sometimes like the leadership in the Dem party needs to grow a pair of balls and actually STAND FOR SOMETHING.

We could do so much good, but we get so bogged down.

[BobTheSubgenius]

27. Well less than half?

WTF???

[uhnope]

28. polls are dead, why keep posting them, they are meaningless now

it seems they are just done to make us feel good and give us a false sense of security/superiority but they have no effect and totally failed us before the election. Why even post them. Polls don't vote. All a post like this does is titillate & distract. We've got incipient fascism in the White House & enablers of that fascism ruling Congress and the so-called opposition can barely block the worst of the appointments. What good is an unreliable poll going to do. Polls show a huge percentage believe all of Trump's fake news lies too. People just give knee-jerk reactions to pollsters but in the end the polls totally failed in the last election so WTH why

end of rant

[lark]

30. This is amazing and is just the start.

Within a few months I can almost guarantee the # will be substantially reversed with more people wanting the child idiot out of office and not embarrassing and hurting us anymore. If he signs anything cutting Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security, he's toast and I for one can't wait to see him totally crumble into bits.

[PatrickforO]

34. I read an article written by a guy from CA.

He suggested that Trump and his GOP cronies would do SO much egregious damage, and Americans will become so disgusted that they will move to the left as Californians did after Arnold left the governorship. Now California is firmly progressive at every level and it is doing very well. The author suggested that America might do the same thing.

I think this article (sorry I've forgotten where it is so no link) may be right. I just hope the damage is not TOO great for us to fix.

Just with global warming we could be toast. Some say we're already fucked. I hope not.

[lark]

36. Global warming,

WW111, no heealthcare, no restraints on the worst of business, economic destruction, there's a lot to fear from him.

[romanic]

32. Yeah great.

Impeach him and we get Pence as president instead.

[PatrickforO]

33. How the hell can anyone be uncertain???

I'd MUCH rather have Obama back.

In fact, sometimes I find myself longing for the days of W.

No...not quite.

But Obama? I sure wish he was back in the WH.

[EricMaundry]

38. I'm a 40%er

I feel good about it, too.

[sarcasmo]

39. #Impeach45

[Kennah]

41. Woulda been nice if more people had shown up to vote (n/t)

[SCVDem]

42. Calexit!

[Doitnow]

43. I expect more and more people will want our SO-CALLED pResident to be impeached

and the sooner the better.