A new poll released on Thursday found that 35 percent of voters already think President Donald Trump should be impeached.
In this latest national poll from Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm, 50 percent of respondents said they are opposed to impeaching Donald Trump less than one week into his presidency, but 35 percent said they are in favor of doing so. Among those who voted for Donald Trump, seven percent said they either support impeaching him or they’re not sure whether he should be impeached. Sixty-five percent of Hillary Clinton voters support impeachment, as do 34 percent of Jill Stein voters. With Gary Johnson voters, though, only 20 percent support impeachment, and among those who didn’t vote for any of these candidates, 32 percent say Trump should be impeached and 32 percent say he shouldn’t be.
Trump’s overall approval rating in this poll is 44 percent, an unusually low number for a new president. The poll also shows that there are some Americans who approve of the job Trump is doing but who don’t necessarily like him, as Trump’s unfavorable rating is higher than his disapproval rating; fifty percent of voters have a negative opinion of Donald Trump, but only 44 percent don’t approve of the job he’s doing.
Voters were also asked how Trump will compare to recent presidents, and they felt that he will be worse than all of them except Richard Nixon. The president who voters felt Trump is least likely to surpass is Ronald Reagan, with 57 percent of respondents saying Reagan will end up being the better president. Behind Reagan was Bill Clinton, who 51 percent of those polled say will be better than Trump. Voters were most split about Jimmy Carter, with 37 percent saying Trump will be better than Carter and 42 percent saying he will be worse. But 40 percent of voters said that Trump will be superior to Richard Nixon, compared to 31 percent who said he’ll be worse than Nixon.
