Blog Post 3.3 - Impeachment & The Public
1. The seven most recent polls they looked at measured opinion about last weekend (Those covering Jan 19 in the polling dates). How many showed more support for removing Trump than opposition for removing Trump?
All seven polls show that Americans favor removing Trump from office.
2. Which of these 7 polls found the most support for removing Trump? Which found the most opposition to removing Trump?
The FiveThirtyEight poll has the most support for removing Trump from office (+12). The Gallup poll has the least support to removing Trump (-5).
3. In FiveThirtyEight's polling average, what percentage of Democrats support removing Trump from office? What percentage of Republicans support removing Trump from office?
83.9% of Democrats support removal and 8.40% of Republicans support removal.
4. What difference did the most recent Monmouth University poll find in the people who say they support removing Trump from office and those who support the House impeaching Trump?
Monmouth University poll found that 48-49% of people support removal while 46-53% supported impeachment.
5. Why does the author suggest that some Republicans may support removing Trump from office?
Some Republicans support Mike Pence to be Prez.
6. Why might the polls be misleading if they survey all adults as opposed to just likely voters?
Most voters lean Republican, so among a voting population, there is probably more opposition to removing Trump than support.
7. How do men and women think differently about whether or not a woman candidate can win a presidential election?
89% of men think women can become President while only 79% of women think so.
8. Which demographic group of people caused the Atlanta Journal Constitution to adjust its polling formulas?
White people without a college education were weighted less.
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