Women across the U.S. are far more likely than men to consider Trump’s actions worthy of impeachment
More than a month into the House Democrats’ official impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, Americans’ support for the inquiry still looks a bit fuzzy. While the most recent national polls show that roughly 50 percent of the country condones the effort, surveys in several key swing states have shown narrower margins of support.
But across all the polling, one trend is strikingly clear: Women are much more likely than men to consider the president’s actions worthy of investigation and impeachment. Recent national polls from CNN, The Economist/YouGov, Quinnipiac, and Morning Consult/Politico have all followed this pattern, with women backing impeachment over men, often by double-digit margins.
Given that women skew much more Democratic than men, it seems logical that they would align with the broader Democratic Party on removing Trump from office. But multiple national and state-level polls show that even independent and politically unaffiliated women are more supportive of the inquiry than their male counterparts. That these women in particular are backing the inquiry could be a bad sign for the president: If they want Trump removed now, they’re probably not going to be too keen on voting for him in 2020. [Continue reading…]