Searches for ‘how to impeach a president’ have rocketed since the news of Donald Trump’s election win.

November 9: The day the Berlin Wall came down

It’s been a matter of hours since Hillary Clinton conceded defeat to the Republican, but people are already desperately trying to research how to get him out of the White House.

Judging from some of the tweets sent this morning, impeachment is looking like a popular choice.

Before you also Google it, an impeachment is where a formal accusation of serious wrongdoing is lobbied against a sitting president or other US official.


Not sure of the small print, but can you technically impeach a foreign president on @KickStarter? — Andrew Collins (@AndrewCollins) November 9, 2016

can you impeach a president before they even take office??? asking for another country — Grecia Renova (@greciarenova) November 9, 2016

So how quickly can we impeach Trump? #Elections2016 — Stephen Ford (@Lunsfuhd) November 9, 2016

But clearly people need a bit of advice about how to go about it, which is why they’ve suddenly started Googling ‘how to impeach a president’ in record numbers.



In fact, the question has seen a monumental 4,850% rise in searches.

According to Google Trends data, the top five states frantically looking up impeachment were Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado.

Unsurprisingly, these were all Democrat-voting states.

But it’s not the only thing people are pinning their hopes on.

Searches for ‘how to immigrate to Canada’, ‘How to become a Canadian citizen’ and ‘How to move to Canada from US’ have all surged too.