Annie Leow's Government Blog

Even after the impeachment process, Clinton received backing from the public and his party. They saw it as a partisan attack that they never fully supported. The case against Clinton was based on Starr's report. However, the case against Trump is being built in real time as they chose not to base it off Mueller's report, making it more unpredictable. An ABC News poll found that only 38 percent of Republicans thought Clinton should be impeached. However, by the time the House had voted to impeach him, about two-thirds of Republicans agreed. Republicans lost seats in the House, and House Speaker Newt Gingrich resigned. At first they were in support, winning votes about the inquiry by large margins. However, by the time they voted on the actual impeachment, only five Democrats voted to do so.  10 GOP Senators voted to acquit.  They need to make sure their actions are not seen as a partisan attack and that there are grounds on which their claims are being made. Also, they ...

There is a very small increase in support for impeachment, but a majority of Americans still do not favor impeachment.  They found that 52% Americans find it inappropriate for a president to reach out to a foreign government to investigate a political opponent. 62% said it was inappropriate, 14% said it was appropriate, and 24% were not sure.  There is a 5-percentage-point increase in support for impeachment overall and a 12-percentage-point among Democrats since they were asked last July. This took place even before the story about Trump's involvement with Zelensky broke. They don't all consider Pelosi's formal impeachment inquiry, the memo phone call that was released, or the testimony of Joseph Maguire. 32% said they were not following this news. Warren and Biden are neck and neck, with Sanders following. However, support for Warren is increasing, while support for Biden is decreasing. Also, they are all very split on health care.