Public support for impeaching President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE and removing him from the White House has experienced significant gains, according to a new USA TODAY-Ipsos Poll.

The survey, which was released Thursday morning, found that 45 percent of Americans support a vote by the House to impeach the president while 38 percent said they don't think the House should vote on impeachment.

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The figures represent a significant shift in public opinion when compared to a previous USA TODAY-Ipsos poll on impeachment from June. In that survey, 61 percent of respondents said they did not believe the House should consider impeaching Trump, while just 32 percent said the lower chamber should consider the move.

“Our latest USA Today/Ipsos poll shows that public support for impeachment continues to build with a plurality – 45% – saying the U.S. House should vote to impeach,” Cliff Young, president of Ipsos Public Affairs, said. “Most importantly, an overwhelming majority of Americans say that a president is subject to laws like any citizen. Public opinion might be tolerant but there are limits."

In addition to impeachment, 44 percent of respondents said the Senate, which would be charged with holding a formal impeachment trial if the House approved articles of impeachment, should convict and remove Trump from office. Thirty-five percent said that the Senate should not convict Trump.

The survey comes as Trump faces escalating scrutiny over a whistleblower complaint that accuses him of a broad effort to pressure Ukraine into investigating 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE and his son. Revelations about his conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky led Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiDemocratic senator to party: 'A little message discipline wouldn't kill us' Overnight Health Care: New wave of COVID-19 cases builds in US | Florida to lift all coronavirus restrictions on restaurants, bars | Trump stirs questions with 0 drug coupon plan Overnight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds MORE (D-Calif.) to announce a formal impeachment inquiry of Trump last week.

Opinions about impeachment split heavily along partisan lines. While 74 percent of Democrats are in favor of a House impeachment vote, just 17 percent of Republicans said they felt the same. Support for impeachment among independents is split, with 37 percent favoring it and 37 percent opposing it.

Fifty-two percent of Americans said that Trump calling on Ukraine to investigate the Biden family would amount to an abuse of power, including 30 percent of Republicans.

The House voting to impeach Trump has appeared to become more attractive for Americans, a number of polls have shown in recent weeks. For example, a CNN survey released on Monday found that 47 percent of respondents support impeaching Trump and removing him from office.