A new Public Policy Polling survey finds just 29 percent of voters in 17 Congressional districts won by Joe Biden in 2020 and then a Republican in 2022 saying House Republicans should move forward with impeachment even if no evidence is uncovered in their “inquiry,” with the rest opposed.
More respondents, 44 percent, said they’ll be less likely to vote for their representative in 2024 if they vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry versus 24 percent who said more likely.
In an example of very good question crafting, Public Policy Polling asked “A month ago, House Speaker Mike Johnson said there was no evidence for an impeachment of President Biden. After meeting with Donald Trump, he called for a vote on an impeachment inquiry. Johnson was one of the chief architects of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election in the courts. Do you trust Speaker Mike Johnson to be fair in this impeachment inquiry, or not?” finding only 30 percent saying they still thought Johnson could be “fair” to 54 percent correctly saying no.
NBC’s Sahil Kapur reports the Republicans are going to try to vote on Thursday to formalize the impeachment inquiry and, assuming all Democrats show up, can only afford three no votes.