Poll: Majority back impeachment investigations, split on removing Trump

A new poll show a majority of respondents support a probe into the president’s ask to Ukraine for Joe Biden to be investigated, but the public is split on whether Trump should be removed from office.

An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found 51 percent of Americans say the allegations against Trump regarding his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are serious and should be investigated.

{mosads} Support for removing Trump from office is split, mostly along party lines, with 49 percent of respondents against it and 43 percent backing it. Eight percent of respondents are unsure. 

Democrats back removal at a rate of 75 percent compared to Republicans at a rate of 11 percent.

A majority of participants, 53 percent, also said the president has not been honest and truthful about the Ukraine controversy, while 38 percent said he had.

Trump’s approval rating and Biden’s favorability rating remained mostly unchanged from the Ukraine controversy. Trump recorded a 43 percent approval rate. Thirty-three percent of respondents said they have a positive view of Biden.

“What’s powerful about this poll is what has not changed,” NBC reported Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who helped conduct this survey, said.

“At this time, this is not a story that has fundamentally reset American politics,” McInturff added.

Recent polls have shown some Republicans and independents are starting to support the impeachment inquiry or were concerned about the president’s involvement in the Ukraine controversy.

Trump’s call with Zelensky prompted Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to launch an impeachment inquiry last month. Since then, a partial transcript of the call and the whistleblower report on the conversation have been released.

Texts provided to Congress by former Special Envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker showed Trump administration officials worked to support the president’s goal for Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son.

The poll surveyed 800 adults between Oct. 4 and 6. Ther margin of error was 3.5 percent points.