Washington (CNN) The big news out of CNN's new national poll is that, for the first time since we started asking the question in June 2018, more people think President Donald Trump should be impeached than believe he shouldn't.

Which is bad for the President! But there are other numbers in the poll that make clear that, at least at the moment, the President is losing the battle of public opinion on impeachment.

Consider:

* More people (49%) believe Democrats are pursuing impeachment because they think Trump has crossed a line than say Democrats are simply out to get Trump (38%).

* Conversely, roughly equal numbers of people believe Republican opposition to Trump's impeachment is based on a genuine belief that he did nothing impeachable (43%) versus a desire to protect the President at all costs (42%).

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