Voters Think Its Time For Democrats to Move on From “Impeachment”

 

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, according to Rasmussen Reports ,the Impeachment is over and done with as far as most voters are concerned. The House Democrats’ failed effort to remove President Trump has just made him stronger politically, voters say.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that only 32% of Likely U.S. Voters think House Democrats should continue their efforts to remove Trump from office. Sixty-two percent (62%) say Democrats in Congress should now focus on other issues. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

For Democratic voters, it’s a close call: 48% say their representatives in the House should continue their efforts to remove Trump from the White House, but 43% say they should focus on other issues. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans and 70% of voters not affiliated with either major party say House Democrats should zero in on other issues.

Fifty-five percent (55%) of all voters think the unsuccessful attempt to remove Trump from office has made him stronger politically. Just 16% say it has made him weaker, while 23% believe the failed impeachment effort has had no impact.

Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans and 56% of unaffiliated voters believe the unsuccessful effort to force Trump from office has made him stronger politically. Among Democrats, 40% agree; 22% say the failed impeachment attempt has made him weaker, while 32% think it has had no impact.

The majority of voters in most demographic categories want House Democrats to focus on issues other than impeachment.

Those under 40 feel much more strongly than their elders that House Democrats should continue their efforts to remove Trump from office. But younger voters are also the age group most convinced that Trump is politically stronger now.

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of voters who believe House Democrats should move on say Trump is stronger politically after the failed impeachment attempt. Among voters who want Congress to continue efforts to remove the president, only 36% think he’s stronger now; nearly as many (34%) say he’s weaker.