Gallup: Congress Approval, Support for Impeaching Trump Both Up

Gallup ^ | 10/16/2019 | Justin McCarthy

[SeekAndFind]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives work through an impeachment inquiry regarding alleged abuses of office by President Donald Trump, approval of Congress is now at 25%. That is up from 18% in September, prior to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announcing the impeachment inquiry following news of possible wrongdoing by the president in communications with Ukraine.

The increase in approval of Congress over the past month is the result of a 15-percentage-point jump among Democrats (from 19% to 34%) as well as a smaller increase among independents (from 19% to 25%). Republicans' rating of Congress is stable, at 17%.

This update, from an Oct. 1-13 Gallup poll, also finds that Trump's approval rating remains flat, at 39%, compared with 40% in the late September update. It is on the low end of the 37% to 46% range recorded in 2019 so far, with the 37% readings coming in January during the government shutdown. Currently, 87% of Republicans, 34% of independents and 5% of Democrats approve of the job Trump is doing.

Slim Majority Now Supports Trump's Impeachment and Removal From Office

Public opinion on whether Trump should be impeached remains mixed, but Americans now lean slightly more in favor of impeachment and removal from office compared with where they stood in June.

Currently, 52% say Trump should be impeached and removed from office, while 46% say he should not be. This is roughly the opposite of what Gallup found in June when asked in the context of special counselor Robert Mueller's investigation.

[SeekAndFind]

	June 3-16, 2019^	October 1-13, 2019	Change
	%	%	(pct. pts.)
Yes, should be	45	52	+7
No, should not be	53	46	-7
No opinion	2	2	0
^Based on what you know about Robert Mueller's investigation into Donald Trump's activities, do you think that Donald Trump should or should not be impeached and removed from office?
Gallup

[rktman]

Yup. It’s all over now. He may as well report to the super max in Colorado right away.

[SeekAndFind]

Support for Impeachment, by Political Party Identification: June vs. October 2019

Based on what you know at this point, do you think that Donald Trump should or should not be impeached and removed from office?

	June 2019	October 2019	Change
	% Yes, should be	% Yes, should be	(pct. pts.)
National adults	45	52	+7
Republicans	7	6	-1
Independents	46	55	+9
Democrats	81	89	+8
Gallup

[Kickass Conservative]

Well, that settles it.

Time for them to skin that Smoke Wagon and see what happens.

[SeekAndFind]

GALLUP SURVEY METHODS:

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Oct. 1-13, 2019, with a random sample of 1,526 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.

Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 70% cellphone respondents and 30% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. Landline and cellular telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.

[SteveH]

In other news, dewey beat truman in ‘48! i read it in the news... lol

[Bigtigermike]

It’s all about creating the illusion through fake polls, media nonsense non-stop, Congress and therefore trying to create the reality of it

[shadeaud]

Should have asked...………..Boxers or Briefs?

[Conserv]

Worthless poll of adults that was conducted the 1st thru the 13th.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

[IrishBrigade]

‘Currently, 52% say Trump should be impeached and removed from office’

I do not believe that statement....

[CaptainK]

Voters can remove Trump from office in one year.
But they despite Gallup's useless poll.

[Luke21]

“Mondale or Hart beat Reagan.” USA Today, 1984.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The Ministry of Propaganda is turning on the steam because the Democrat candidates are so clearly inferior.

[Artcore]

I’m sure this will have FR’s Nervous Nellie’s, deeply concerned!

[TTFlyer]

If my “fellow Americans” want to remove the President then they are my mortal enemies. And they will reap the whirlwind.

[Conserv]

... and since when does a poll cover a 13 day stretch.

It’s just designed to contain outdated sentiment.

[TexasGurl24]

You seem deeply “concerned.”

[TexasGurl24]

Yep, the OP is often “concerned.”

[Williams]

If you factor in huge dem majority in California and NY, a poll of “Americans” might find this result. Election is another story.