Unlikely to actually happen….
But?
Donald IS in Trouble….
And?
If he is in trouble?
Republicans ARE ALSO…..
In Congress, Rep. John Larson has introduced 13 articles of impeachment against Trump, with more than 85 House members publicly backing either impeachment or invoking the 25th Amendment. All of which raises the question: how much of the general public wants Trump impeached? If even his most right-wing supporters are breaking away, support among the broader public is presumably pretty high.
A new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll conducted April 10-14, 2026 finds 55% of U.S. adults say the House should vote to impeach Trump. 37% oppose, and 8% are unsure. A surprising percentage of both Republicans and Trump’s own 2024 voters say they would support impeachment if a vote were held today.
That net +18 verdict puts Trump in the neighborhood of the numbers Richard Nixon saw at the peak of the Watergate scandal in August 1974 — more on that comparison below. The toplines and crosstabs for this poll can be found on the Strength In Numbers website.l…
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Our new poll shows that 55% of U.S. adults support the House voting to impeach Trump, while 37% oppose and 8% are unsure.
As for the president’s overall approval rating, there is a strong intensity gap in responses to our poll. Overall, 45% of all adults say they strongly support impeachment, while only 30% say they strongly oppose it. That is a 15-point intensity gap in favor of impeachment — the people who want Trump out are both more numerous and more committed than the people who want him to stay.
Support for impeachment extends well beyond the Democratic base….
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But also of note is that 21% of Trump’s own 2024 voters now say he should be impeached. That’s roughly one out of every five of the people who put him back in office….
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And support for impeaching Trump today is only a few percentage points lower than it was for Richard Nixon in 1974: And at the height of Watergate, days before Nixon resigned, Gallup found 58% wanted him removed. Trump is in “Nixon resignation” territory with these impeachment numbers (and his approval rating overall)….
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None of this means Trump will actually be impeached in the current Congress. A Republican House will not impeach a Republican president. The White House has already called the Larson resolution “pathetic”, and Republican leadership has shown no interest in bringing it up for a vote.
Impeachment requires 218 votes. There will not be enough votes to impeach the president in the 119th Congress — but there might be in the 120th….
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Of course, the Senate would still need to vote to convict the president for the impeachment to have any effect in the real world (this poll does not speak to support for removal, especially in key states), and that is an uphill battle.
But for the first time since Trump returned to office, the polls are indicating Americans support impeaching their president — for a third time. That is itself a serious indictment against his presidency….
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