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U.S. NEWS Friday 11 OctOber 2019

Polls show close divide over impeachment and removal

By HANNAH FINGERHUT ity opposition to impeach- impeached and removed
WASHINGTON (AP) — ment. from office, up from 37%
Americans are following A Fox News poll conducted in a poll conducted im-
impeachment proceed- Sunday through Tuesday mediately before that an-
ings closely and are slightly found 51% of Americans nouncement.
more likely to approve than now say Trump should be ___
disapprove of the inquiry it- impeached and removed CONSISTENT (AND POLAR-
self. But the public is more from office, up from 42% IZED) VIEWS OF TRUMP
closely split over whether who said that in July. Approval of Trump's over-
President Donald Trump Likewise, a Washington all performance has re-
should be removed from Post-Schar School survey mained steady, as it has
office. conducted in early Octo- over the course of his presi-
Several polls published ber shows 58% of Ameri- dency. The Quinnipiac poll
since House Speaker Nan- cans are supportive of the shows Trump's approval rat-
cy Pelosi announced the decision by Congress to ing standing at 40%, where
start of an impeachment initiate an inquiry, including it was in its poll conducted
inquiry on Sept. 24 show a 49% who say Congress was just before the inquiry be- President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters during
shift in views from earlier this right to begin an investiga- gan. an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforce-
ment" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday,
year as the House of Rep- tion and should also take But, as with most political Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington.
resentatives investigates the next step to remove issues in today's environ- Associated Press
whether Trump violated his Trump from office. Earlier ment, views of the Repub-
oath of office in asking the this year, Post-ABC polls lican president and im- the fourth in U.S. history, largely unscathed. Accord-
government of Ukraine to found less than half saying peachment are intensely and polling demonstrates ing to polling by Gallup,
investigate a political op- Congress should begin im- polarized. A wide share of different scenarios for how support for Clinton's remov-
ponent. peachment proceedings. Democrats express support opinion has changed as al reached no more than
WHERE THINGS STAND And polls show that the for impeachment, while impeachment proceed- about a third of Americans
Polls find support for im- shift was closely tied to the vast majority of Repub- ings proceeded. throughout impeachment
peachment has shifted Pelosi's announcement of licans stand opposed. While opinions of President proceedings over Clinton's
significantly from earlier the inquiry. An early Octo- ___ Bill Clinton and support handling of allegations of
this year. The public is now ber poll from Quinnipiac PRECEDENT for his removal from office his extramarital affair with
more closely divided after University finds 45% of vot- Today's presidential im- moved slightly throughout Monica Lewinsky, a White
earlier polls showed major- ers say Trump should be peachment inquiry is only 1998 and 1999, he emerged House intern. q