Americans have more of an appetite for impeaching President Trump now, than they did six months into President Nixon's second term, as Watergate was starting to choke his presidency, a new poll found.

Currently, according to a Monmouth University poll, 41 percent of the public think Trump should be impeached, while another 53 percent disagree.

Monmouth University asked the same question as Gallup pollsters did in July of 1973, when just 24 percent of the public supported impeaching Nixon.

A larger percentage of Americans want to impeach President Trump (left) now, just six months into his presidency, than they did President Nixon (right) six months into his second term, as Watergate was starting to drown his presidency

President Trump's numbers show a stark partisan divide with 70 percent of Democrats, though just 12 percent of Republicans, among those supporting impeachment

Additionally, 62 percent of Americans were opposed to impeaching Nixon, 44 years ago.

Despite Americans being more eager to see Trump go, he and Nixon had about the same job approval ratings.

The new Monmouth University poll found that 39 percent of Americans approve of Trump's performance, while 52 percent disapprove.

This number hasn't moved much in the two months since Monmouth's last survey, with Trump receiving 39 percent approval and 53 percent disapproval in May, within the surveys' margin of error.

As for Nixon, in July 1973 he received the approval of 39 percent of Americans and was disapproved of by 49 percent.

'Even though Trump's approval rating is similar to Nixon's, more Americans support impeachment today than in 1973,' said Patrick Murray, the director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute, in a statement about the new poll's release. 'That's partly due to the current epidemic of hyper-partisanship that was simply not prevalent forty years ago.'

President Nixon's approval numbers are very similar to those President Trump has now. After the July 1973 Gallup poll was taken, Nixon stayed in office for another 13 months before resigning on August 9, 1974, which enabled him to escape impeachment and removal

That's illustrated by the huge difference in percentage of Democrats who support impeachment now, than the relatively smaller percentage who supported impeachment 44 years ago.

Just one-in-three Democrats supported impeaching Nixon in July 1973.

Now 70 percent of Democrats support impeaching President Trump.

Support for impeachment is slightly stronger among independents and Republicans now, the the contrast isn't as stark.

For example, among independents, 22 percent supported impeaching Nixon, while 32 percent support the impeachment and removal of President Trump.

Among Republicans, 7 percent were for impeaching Nixon, while 12 percent today support impeaching Trump.

Additionally, a larger percentage of Democrats in 1973 supported the Republican president that they do today.

Nixon received the support of 24 percent of Democrats, which isn't great.

However, Trump received support from just 7 percent of Democrats, which is much worse.

Independents supported Nixon and Trump by the same percentage, 41 percent.

While Republicans give Trump higher marks today than they did to Nixon.

Sixty-seven percent of Republicans approved of Nixon, while 79 percent approve of Trump now.

President Nixon held on to the presidency for another 13 months after the Gallup survey was taken, resigning from office – and thus escaping impeachment – on August 9, 1974.

Last Wednesday, Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., introduced an article of impeachment against President Trump, claiming he had obstructed justice in the federal investigation into Russia's meddling into the 2016 presidential election.

The White House responded with an eye roll.

'I think that is utterly and completely ridiculous and a political game at its worst,' Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters at an off-camera briefing later in the day.

The Monmouth University poll queried 800 U.S. adults by telephone between July 13 and July 16, 2017 and has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.5 percent.