Posted on 10/01/2019 12:21:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
American voters are divided on impeaching and removing President Trump from office, 47 - 47 percent - closing a 20 point gap from less than a week ago, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University Poll released today. In the poll released on September 25th, voters said that the president should not be impeached and removed 57 - 37 percent. Among the political party subgroups, Democrats showed the greatest change from the last poll. Today, they show a virtual consensus on impeaching Trump, 90 - 5 percent, while last week they said Trump should be impeached 73 - 21 percent. The gap also closed among independents, who clearly said that the president should not be impeached last week 58 - 34 percent, and today are only slightly opposed to impeachment at 50 - 42 percent. Republicans feel much the same today as they did last week about impeachment; today, they say Trump should not be impeached 92 - 7 percent, and last week, they were opposed 95 - 4 percent.
While voters are split on impeaching and removing President Trump from office, a slim majority of registered voters do approve of the impeachment inquiry opened by the U.S. House of Representatives 52 - 45 percent. Approval includes half of independents, who are split 50 - 45 percent on the inquiry.
"Following a week when House Democrats announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump and more information emerged about the President's actions regarding Ukraine, public opinion about impeachment is showing a shift. The percentage of voters who think the President should be impeached and removed from office climbed," said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Mary Snow. "While voters overall are split on the question, there's less hesitancy over the impeachment inquiry itself as more than half of voters approve of it."
Thinking about President Trump's actions regarding Ukraine, 55 percent of voters say that they are paying a lot of attention. An additional 28 percent say they are paying some attention, while a combined 16 percent say they are paying only a little attention or none at all.
When it comes to President Trump's interactions with the President of Ukraine specifically, 50 percent of voters say that Trump has done something wrong, while 40 percent say he has not done something wrong. Independents say that the president has done something wrong 52 - 41 percent, while Democrats say so 86 - 3 percent. Republicans say he has not done something wrong 83 - 9 percent. A large majority of those who say Trump has done something wrong say he has done something seriously wrong, 87 - 9 percent.
"Despite the fact that the impeachment inquiry is just getting underway, half of American voters already believe that President Trump has done something wrong when it comes to his interactions with Ukraine's leader. Of that group, there's a virtually unanimous view he did something seriously wrong," added Snow.
Looking at this situation more generally, 52 percent of voters say that asking a foreign leader for help in defeating an opponent in an upcoming election is a good enough reason to impeach a president and remove them from office, while 38 percent say it is not.
While voters are split on impeaching and removing Trump from office, 56 percent of voters still believe that members of Congress who support impeaching the president at this point are doing so more based on partisan politics than on the facts of the case, with 36 percent saying it's more based on the facts of the case.
Job Approvals
Today, voters disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job 53 - 41 percent. This compares to last week's approval rating, in which they disapproved 55 - 40 percent.
Voters also disapprove of the way Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is handling her job 52 - 43 percent, and disapprove of the way Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is handling his job 57 - 28 percent.
Attorney General William Barr also receives a negative approval rating, as voters say 47 - 36 percent that they disapprove of the way he's handling his job.
From September 27 - 29, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,115 self-identified registered voters nationwide with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points, including the design effect.
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The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts gold standard surveys using random digit dialing with live interviewers calling landlines and cell phones. The Quinnipiac University Poll conducts nationwide surveys and polls in more than a dozen states on national and statewide elections, as well as public policy issues.
These polls are always fake, and Freepers know it.
Meanwhile, a real poll shows 48% approve of POTUS.
Higher than Obama at this stage of his presidency.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_oct01
“You mean when a poll shows Trump at 47% and Freepers know the reality is 57%?”
Yup. But if you read those poll threads LOL, it’s comedy gold because I read those Freepers after the prez election actually post they dont believe in polls.
They didn’t get the result they wanted before, so they skewed the next survey even more.
as predicted, the corrupt media needs more lies to work their narrative
You mean like Hillary’s win?
Utter nonsense, which is, of course, the plan all along.
There you have it. I’ll just have to get my mind right and go along with the purported crowd. Impeach him! Burn him!
It used to be that manipulation by poll was more subtle... 5 or 10% here, 5 or 10% there, and one is supposed to say, “Why bother?” But lately, the trumpeting of poll results is just so much blather designed to confuse and manipulate. Is anyone still paying attention?
Ought to read (we-are-quacks).
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There’s that Quinnipiac “special sauce” that they put on every poll that they perform.
If Dems want to impeach Trump SO badly they should have the vote today, see how it goes..they wont since they dont have the votes and they know it
Do a poll only of people who know who CrowdStrike is, knows who Barisma Holdings is, and can site the Constitutional standard for impeachment.
Duh I believe in Q polls and duh I think it’s proof the rat should go for it and impeach.
Poll breakdown:
On Impeachment
4. Do you think that President Trump should be impeached and removed from office, or don't you think so?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes / Impeached | 90 | 42 | 7 |
| No | 5 | 50 | 92 |
13. If think Trump should not be impeached and removed, do you feel that way mainly because you don't think it's been shown that he did anything serious enough to impeach him, or mainly because impeaching him would be too disruptive to our nation?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not Serious Enough | 58 | 73 | |
| Too Disruptive | 16 | 6 |
NOTE: Independents do not support impeachment because they don't think the charges rise to the level.
11. As you may know, the House of Representatives has begun a formal impeachment inquiry to determine whether or not to bring impeachment charges against President Trump. Do you approve or disapprove of this impeachment inquiry?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 95 | 50 | 8 |
| Disapprove | 4 | 45 | 91 |
12. Do you think members of Congress who support impeaching President Trump are doing so more on the basis of the facts of the case, or more on the basis of partisan politics?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facts | 67 | 37 | 4 |
| Partisan Politics | 25 | 55 | 91 |
NOTE: Independents in this poll believe that partisan politics is behind impeachment (by +18), but narrowly support it anyway (by +5).
Other questions to tease out the nature of the Independents in this poll...
1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 2 | 38 | 88 |
| Disapprove | 97 | 51 | 9 |
2. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Republicans in Congress are handling their job?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 7 | 26 | 72 |
| Disapprove | 90 | 69 | 20 |
3. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Democrats in Congress are handling their job?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 65 | 25 | 5 |
| Disapprove | 29 | 67 | 93 |
5. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Nancy Pelosi is handling her job as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 79 | 39 | 9 |
| Disapprove | 15 | 55 | 89 |
NOTE: Independents disapprove of Nancy Pelosi more than Donald Trump.
6. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Mitch McConnell is handling his job as Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 10 | 26 | 52 |
| Disapprove | 78 | 62 | 28 |
NOTE: Independents in this poll really don't like Mitch McConnell.
7. Do you approve or disapprove of the way William Barr is handling his job as United States Attorney General?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve | 10 | 36 | 66 |
| Disapprove | 76 | 48 | 14 |
NOTE: Independents in this poll rare consistently not liking anything, especially Republicans (except for Pelosi).
8. Would you say that Donald Trump is honest, or not?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 2 | 31 | 83 |
| No | 96 | 60 | 12 |
NOTE: Independents 2 to 1 are siding with Democrats here.
9. Do you think that President Trump believes he is above the law, or not?
| Dem % | Ind % | Rep % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, above the law | 91 | 59 | 15 |
| No | 7 | 38 | 83 |
NOTE: Independents are still tracking with Democrats.
I'll stop here. There are more questions that track the same way, suggesting that again, Quinnipiac is salting the Independents with Democrats. Despite that, there are some disagreements regarding the House leadership and actions.
-PJ
Fake poll indeed. From the article:
Today, voters disapprove of the way President Trump is handling his job 53 - 41 percent. This compares to last week’s approval rating, in which they disapproved 55 - 40 percent.
The author tries deliberately hard to bury the fact that Trump’s approval rating is up. A reader really has to sift through that verbiage to see it.
National poll. Lets see swing district and swing state polls.
Keep polling till you get a result you like.
Of course
There are more of them than there are of us
Hilary won the popular vote
(you can rationalize it ain’t so till hell freezes over but it will still be true)
“closing a 20 point gap from less than a week ago”
Give a polling group a few days to alter the poll’s wording a bit and you’ll be amazed at the new results you get.
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