[New York 30th Reuters]-According to the latest poll released by Reuters / Ipsos, the percentage of Americans who responded that US President Trump should be impeached increased by 8 points from the previous week's survey to 45% became. 41% opposed Trump ’s impeachment, and the rest said “I do n’t know”.
Although impeachment support is expanding, there is a view that whether further expansion will depend on how much the ruling Republican Party is in sync with the Democratic Party.
The survey was conducted online from September 26-30, targeting 2234 adults. Of these, there were 944 Democrat supporters and 855 Republican supporters. The survey error is 4 points.
74% of Democratic supporters support impeachment. Increased 8 points from last week. Among Republican supporters, 13%, up 3 points from the previous week, supported impeachment. The non-partisan group remained unchanged at 37%.
Other recent surveys show similar results, indicating that the public is increasingly supporting the impeachment survey.
In the Reuters / Ipsos study, President Trump was asked to investigate the allegations associated with the son of former Vice President Biden in a telephone conference with President Zelesky in Ukraine. 43% of respondents said that they intended to give him a blow, an increase of 4 points from the previous week.
In addition, 66% of respondents said that any person elected in the election should be exempted if they attacked foreign governments to attack political opponents.
The fact that President Trump's impeachment support was 45% in this survey is that many respondents do not believe that the president has put pressure on Ukraine with a view to re-election, or because the president attacked Mr. Biden. It is shown that no conclusion has been reached that he actually worked on Ukraine.
Trends in US public opinion over the Trump impeachment issue may change further as new exposure information becomes available. However, Nicholas Valentino, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, said the survey results pointed out that people's reactions start to change depending on what their supporting political party said, and Republican leaders were in sync with the Democratic Party. If we do not turn to President Trump's criticism, we believe that public opinion supporting the impeachment will lose momentum.
