September 30, 2019 - Support For Impeachment Grows Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Of Voters Approve Of Impeachment Inquiry

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American voters are divided on impeaching and removing President Trump from office, 47 - 47 percent - closing a 20 point gap from less than a week ago, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University Poll released today. In the poll released on September 25th, voters said that the president should not be impeached and removed 57 - 37 percent. Among the political party subgroups, Democrats showed the greatest change from the last poll. Today, they show a virtual consensus on impeaching Trump, 90 - 5 percent, while last week they said Trump should be impeached 73 - 21 percent. The gap also closed among independents, who clearly said that the president should not be impeached last week 58 - 34 percent, and today are only slightly opposed to impeachment at 50 - 42 percent. Republicans feel much the same today as they did last week about impeachment; today, they say Trump should not be impeached 92 - 7 percent, and last week, they were opposed 95 - 4 percent.





While voters are split on impeaching and removing President Trump from office, a slim majority of registered voters do approve of the impeachment inquiry opened by the U.S. House of Representatives 52 - 45 percent. Approval includes half of independents, who are split 50 - 45 percent on the inquiry.





"Following a week when House Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump and more information emerged about the President's actions regarding Ukraine, public opinion about impeachment is showing a shift. The percentage of voters who think the President should be impeached and removed from office climbed," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Mary Snow. "While voters overall are split on the question, there's less hesitancy over the impeachment inquiry itself as more than half of voters approve of it."





Thinking about President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine, 55 percent of voters say that they are paying a lot of attention. An additional 28 percent say they are paying some attention, while a combined 16 percent say they are paying only a little attention or none at all.





When it comes to President Trump's interactions with the President of Ukraine specifically, 50 percent of voters say that Trump has done something wrong, while 40 percent say he has not done something wrong. Independents say that the president has done something wrong 52 - 41 percent, while Democrats say so 86 - 3 percent. Republicans say he has not done something wrong 83 - 9 percent. A large majority of those who say Trump has done something wrong say he has done something seriously wrong, 87 - 9 percent.





"Despite the fact that the impeachment inquiry is just getting underway, half of American voters already believe that President Trump has done something wrong when it comes to his interactions with Ukraine's leader. Of that group, there's a virtually unanimous view he did something seriously wrong," added Snow.





Looking at this situation more generally, 52 percent of voters say that asking a foreign leader for help in defeating an opponent in an upcoming election is a good enough reason to impeach a president and remove them from office, while 38 percent say it is not.





While voters are split on impeaching and removing Trump from office, 56 percent of voters still believe that members of Congress who support impeaching the president at this point are doing so more based on partisan politics than on the facts of the case, with 36 percent saying it's more based on the facts of the case.





Job Approvals





Today, voters disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job 53 - 41 percent. This compares to last week's approval rating, in which they disapproved 55 - 40 percent.





Voters also disapprove of the way Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is handling her job 52 - 43 percent, and disapprove of the way Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is handling his job 57 - 28 percent.





Attorney General William Barr also receives a negative approval rating, as voters say 47 - 36 percent that they disapprove of the way he's handling his job.





From September 27 - 29, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,115 self-identified registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points, including the design effect.





The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts gold standard surveys using random digit dialing with live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll conducts nationwide surveys and polls in more than a dozen states on national and statewide elections, as well as public policy issues.





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1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 41% 88% 2% 38% 49% 35% 39% 59% Disapprove 53 9 97 51 45 60 55 34 DK/NA 6 3 1 11 7 5 6 7 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 31% 45% 47% 40% 56% 43% 49% 2% 30% Disapprove 60 50 49 56 37 51 45 92 67 DK/NA 9 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?

App Dis DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 41 53 6 Sep 25, 2019 40 55 5 Aug 28, 2019 38 56 6 Jul 29, 2019 40 54 6 Jun 11, 2019 42 53 5 May 21, 2019 38 57 5 May 02, 2019 41 55 5 Mar 26, 2019 39 55 5 Mar 05, 2019 38 55 6 Jan 29, 2019 38 57 5

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1a. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president? COMBINED WITH: (If approve/disapprove q1) Do you strongly or somewhat approve/disapprove?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve strongly 35% 79% 1% 30% 41% 30% 33% 52% Approve smwht 6 9 1 8 7 4 6 7 Disapprove smwht 4 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 Disapprove strongly 48 5 91 46 40 56 51 31 DK/NA 7 3 2 12 8 6 6 8 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve strongly 23% 40% 41% 36% 48% 37% 42% 2% 28% Approve smwht 8 5 5 4 8 5 7 - 2 Disapprove smwht 8 4 2 3 3 3 3 8 3 Disapprove strongly 52 45 46 53 34 48 41 83 62 DK/NA 9 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president? COMBINED WITH: (If approve/disapprove) Do you strongly or somewhat approve/disapprove?

APPROVE...... DISAPPROVE..... Strngly Smwht Smwht Strngly DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 35 6 4 48 7 Sep 25, 2019 29 11 7 48 5 Aug 28, 2019 27 11 5 50 6 Jul 29, 2019 28 12 7 47 7 Jun 11, 2019 29 13 7 46 5 May 21, 2019 28 10 8 48 5 May 02, 2019 30 10 8 46 6 Mar 26, 2019 28 11 8 47 6 Mar 05, 2019 28 9 9 46 8 Jan 29, 2019 29 9 6 50 5

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2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 33% 72% 7% 26% 38% 29% 30% 47% Disapprove 61 20 90 69 57 64 64 46 DK/NA 6 8 4 5 5 7 6 7 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 27% 39% 37% 32% 41% 36% 38% 13% 25% Disapprove 66 59 58 61 54 57 56 83 66 DK/NA 8 2 5 8 5 7 6 4 9

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?

App Dis DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 33 61 6 Jun 12, 2019 27 66 7 Mar 05, 2019 27 66 8 Jan 29, 2019 30 65 6 Jan 15, 2019 29 63 8 Dec 19, 2018 28 63 9 Nov 20, 2018 31 62 7 Jul 25, 2018 27 66 8 Jun 20, 2018 28 66 7 Apr 25, 2018 22 69 8

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3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 32% 5% 65% 25% 27% 36% 35% 24% Disapprove 62 93 29 67 68 57 61 71 DK/NA 6 2 6 8 5 7 5 4 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 31% 28% 30% 38% 23% 35% 30% 46% 36% Disapprove 61 65 65 57 72 61 66 48 51 DK/NA 8 6 5 5 4 5 4 5 13

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?

App Dis DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 32 62 6 Jun 12, 2019 34 59 7 Mar 05, 2019 38 56 6 Jan 29, 2019 38 57 5 Jan 15, 2019 37 56 7 Dec 19, 2018 32 59 9 Nov 20, 2018 32 57 10 Jul 25, 2018 30 63 7 Jun 20, 2018 26 66 8 Apr 25, 2018 26 66 8

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4. Do you think that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or don't you think so?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Impeached 47% 7% 90% 42% 40% 53% 46% 31% No 47 92 5 50 55 41 48 65 DK/NA 6 2 5 9 5 6 6 5 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes/Impeached 55% 45% 42% 49% 32% 44% 38% 88% 62% No 40 51 51 46 63 50 56 7 35 DK/NA 5 4 7 5 5 6 6 5 3 ATTN TO TRUMP'S ACTIONS REGARDING UKRAINE Q15 Little/ A lot Some None Yes/Impeached 52% 42% 42% No 45 52 47 DK/NA 3 6 12

TREND: Do you think that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or don't you think so?

Yes/ Impeach No DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 47 47 6 Sep 25, 2019 37 57 6

5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Nancy Pelosi is handling her job as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 43% 9% 79% 39% 37% 48% 48% 30% Disapprove 52 89 15 55 58 47 49 66 DK/NA 5 2 6 6 5 5 3 4 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 42% 43% 40% 47% 34% 43% 39% 60% 56% Disapprove 50 54 54 49 62 53 57 27 38 DK/NA 8 3 6 4 4 3 4 13 6

6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mitch McConnell is handling his job as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 28% 52% 10% 26% 34% 23% 27% 35% Disapprove 57 28 78 62 52 61 63 46 DK/NA 15 19 12 13 14 16 10 20 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 25% 26% 34% 27% 35% 27% 30% 15% 29% Disapprove 60 58 54 57 50 58 55 70 54 DK/NA 15 15 12 16 14 15 15 15 17

TREND: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mitch McConnell is handling his job as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate?

App Dis DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 28 57 15 Apr 25, 2018 22 62 16

7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way William Barr is handling his job as United States Attorney General?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 36% 66% 10% 36% 44% 29% 32% 48% Disapprove 47 14 76 48 39 53 53 34 DK/NA 17 20 14 16 17 18 15 18 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 35% 32% 43% 36% 46% 35% 40% 17% 32% Disapprove 49 51 39 50 37 50 44 67 45 DK/NA 17 17 18 14 17 16 16 16 23

8. Would you say that Donald Trump is honest, or not?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes 37% 83% 2% 31% 44% 32% 35% 55% No 57 12 96 60 51 62 60 38 DK/NA 6 5 2 9 5 6 5 7 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes 30% 39% 41% 39% 50% 40% 44% 2% 28% No 65 57 55 54 44 54 49 94 69 DK/NA 5 4 4 6 6 6 6 4 3

TREND: Would you say that Donald Trump is honest, or not?

Yes No DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 37 57 6 Mar 05, 2019 30 65 5 Jan 15, 2019 34 61 5 Nov 20, 2018 36 58 5 Sep 10, 2018 32 60 9 Jul 03, 2018 38 58 4 Jun 06, 2018 35 59 6 Mar 21, 2018 38 57 5 Jan 25, 2018 35 60 5 Jan 10, 2018 34 63 3

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9. Do you think that President Trump believes he is above the law, or not?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Above law 56% 15% 91% 59% 49% 62% 57% 40% No 42 83 7 38 49 35 39 58 DK/NA 3 3 1 3 3 3 4 2 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes/Above law 67% 54% 52% 53% 43% 53% 49% 91% 67% No 32 44 44 45 54 44 48 8 31 DK/NA 1 2 4 3 3 3 3 1 2

TREND: Do you think that President Trump believes he is above the law, or not?

Yes No DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 56 42 3 May 02, 2019 56 41 3 Dec 12, 2017 61 36 3 Aug 17, 2017 59 40 2 Aug 02, 2017 60 36 4

10. Given what you know, do you believe that President Trump abuses the power of his office, or don't you think so?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Abuses power 54% 12% 94% 53% 46% 61% 56% 38% No 43 85 5 43 51 36 41 59 DK/NA 3 3 1 4 3 3 3 3 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes/Abuses power 60% 50% 53% 55% 40% 53% 47% 87% 65% No 38 46 45 41 57 44 50 11 34 DK/NA 2 4 1 4 3 3 3 2 1

11. As you may know, the House of Representatives has begun a formal impeachment inquiry to determine whether or not to bring impeachment charges against President Trump. Do you approve or disapprove of this impeachment inquiry?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Approve 52% 8% 95% 50% 44% 58% 52% 34% Disapprove 45 91 4 45 53 38 46 63 DK/NA 3 1 1 6 3 3 3 3 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Approve 62% 48% 47% 53% 36% 49% 43% 95% 65% Disapprove 36 48 49 44 62 48 54 2 32 DK/NA 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

12. Do you think members of Congress who support impeaching President Trump are doing so more on the basis of the facts of the case, or more on the basis of partisan politics?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Facts 36% 4% 67% 37% 32% 41% 42% 26% Partisan politics 56 91 25 55 60 52 54 66 DK/NA 8 5 7 8 9 7 4 7 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Facts 32% 37% 36% 42% 31% 37% 34% 59% 31% Partisan politics 59 56 57 51 63 57 60 28 58 DK/NA 9 7 8 8 6 5 6 13 11

13. (If think Trump should not be impeached and removed q4) You said before that based on what you know, Donald Trump should not be impeached and removed. Do you feel that way mainly because you don't think it's been shown that he did anything serious enough to impeach him, or mainly because impeaching him would be too disruptive to our nation?

THINK TRUMP SHOULD NOT BE IMPEACHED AND REMOVED Q4 WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Ind Men Wom Yes No Not shown anything serious enough 65% 73% 58% 71% 59% 67% 63% Too disruptive 10 6 16 6 15 13 7 NEITHER/ANOTHER REASON(VOL) 6 7 5 7 6 4 9 BOTH(VOL) 15 13 17 15 17 14 17 DK/NA 3 1 5 2 3 3 4

14. Do you think that President Trump has committed any crimes while he has been president, or don't you think so?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Committed crimes 49% 8% 84% 51% 42% 54% 51% 32% No 42 86 6 40 48 37 40 59 DK/NA 9 6 10 9 10 9 10 9 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes/Committed crimes 58% 46% 47% 48% 36% 46% 42% 83% 59% No 38 45 45 40 55 45 49 8 34 DK/NA 4 9 7 12 9 9 9 9 7

TREND: Do you think that President Trump has committed any crimes while he has been president, or don't you think so?

Yes/Com- mitted No DK/NA Sep 30, 2019 49 42 9 Jun 12, 2019 45 45 10 May 02, 2019 46 46 8 Mar 05, 2019 45 43 12

15. How much attention have you been paying to President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine; a lot, some, only a little, or none at all?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No A lot 55% 51% 55% 59% 56% 53% 62% 53% Some 28 32 27 26 27 30 27 28 Only a little 12 13 13 10 11 13 9 15 None at all 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 3 DK/NA 1 - 1 1 2 1 1 1 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp A lot 44% 48% 62% 63% 59% 57% 58% 45% 45% Some 35 39 19 24 26 29 27 31 26 Only a little 13 10 15 10 11 13 12 16 14 None at all 7 2 3 2 3 1 2 7 12 DK/NA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 3

16. Do you think President Trump has done something wrong regarding his interactions with the President of Ukraine, or don't you think so?

WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Something wrong 50% 9% 86% 52% 44% 55% 54% 31% No 40 83 3 41 47 35 40 58 DK/NA 10 8 11 8 9 11 7 12 AGE IN YRS.............. WHITE..... 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp Yes/Something wrong 61% 47% 45% 51% 38% 46% 42% 85% 58% No 30 44 46 40 56 43 48 3 28 DK/NA 9 10 9 9 6 12 9 12 14 ATTN TO TRUMP'S ACTIONS REGARDING UKRAINE Q15 Little/ A lot Some None Yes/Something wrong 55% 46% 40% No 43 42 27 DK/NA 2 12 33

16a. (If yes/done something wrong q16) Do you think he has done something seriously wrong, or not?

YES/DONE SOMETHING WRONG Q16.................. WHITE...... COLLEGE DEG Tot Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No Yes/Seriously wrong 87% 93% 83% 86% 88% 87% 89% No 9 4 12 11 8 9 9 DK/NA 4 3 5 4 4 4 2

17. Do you think asking a foreign leader for help in defeating an opponent in an upcoming election is or is not a good enough reason to impeach a president and remove them from office?