Siby Suriyan's Government Blog

1.  After the impeachment process, how did Clinton's relationship with the public and his party change? The Democratic party was initially reluctant to support Clinton; however, the public believed that Clinton's impeachment was motivated by partisan Republicans. So, by the end of impeachment, Clinton had high approval ratings and party support. 2.  What are differences between the investigations that led to the Clinton impeachment and the potential Trump impeachment? Clinton's impeachment was caused by the Monica Lewinsky affair, which many Americans saw as a private matter. However, Trump's scandal with Ukraine seemed more like a public issue, so Americans will actually care about Trump's affair. Furthermore, Clinton's impeachment was based off of the Starr report. Trump's impeachment is not based off of Mueller's report; rather, it is based off of Democrat's investigation into the Ukraine scandal that is producing new information to the pub...

1. What is the most basic finding of the polls that have been released in the last week? The polls show that there has been an uptick in support for impeachment; however, most Americans still do not support impeachment, although two-third of democrats support impeachment. 2. What did YouGov and the Economist find that most Americans feel about the president's actions? 52% of Americans believe that the President's actions are inappropriate. 22% said that the actions were appropriate, and 26% said they were not sure. 3. What did that same poll find about American attitudes toward the president if he withheld funding to the Ukraine? 62% of Americans said that is was inappropriate to threaten the withholding of foreign aid in an attempt to force a country to help the sitting president. Furthermore, 14% said it was appropriate, and 24% said they were not sure. 4. What change in attitudes did the Quinnipiac poll find? The Quinnipac poll shows that there is a 5 percentage po...