{"id":47546,"date":"2026-04-07T11:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47546"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:41:57","slug":"84-of-democrats-and-55-of-independents-support-impeaching-trump-a-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/84-of-democrats-and-55-of-independents-support-impeaching-trump-a-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"84% of Democrats and 55% of Independents Support Impeaching Trump a Third Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A man holds a sign calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump during a \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Howell, Michigan, on March 28, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo by Jeff Kowalsky\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe American people understand that Donald Trump poses a direct threat to our Constitution and to the rule of law and must be impeached and removed from public office,\u201d said the head of Free Speech for People.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Corbett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr 06, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After just 14 months of President Donald Trump\u2019s return to the White House<\/a>, polling released<\/a> Monday found that a majority of likely US voters support impeaching him a historic third time\u2014which one pollster called \u201can unprecedented result this early in a presidential term.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake Research Partners conducted<\/a> the poll March 26-30 for Free Speech for People<\/a>, a legal advocacy organization that has launched a campaign to \u201cImpeach Trump. Again.<\/a>\u201d As part of that effort, FSFP gathered<\/a> more than 1 million supportive signatures ahead of the latest \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies and has publicly detailed<\/a> over 25 grounds for impeachment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over 1 Million Americans Say Impeach and Remove Trump Ahead of \u2018No Kings 3\u2019 Rallies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As Trump Threatens to Escalate Further, Majority of Americans Say Iran War Has Already \u2018Gone Too Far\u2019: Poll<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First<\/a> on that list is that \u201cin Latin America<\/a>, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, Trump is abusing his role as commander of the US military<\/a> to commit atrocities that violate US and international law<\/a>.\u201d The president notably spent<\/a> the weekend threatening to commit more war crimes<\/a> in Iran if it doesn\u2019t reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all ship traffic\u2014which it only closed in response to the joint Israel-US attack on February 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another key argument for impeachment on the FSFP list is that \u201cTrump has militarized and weaponized federal law enforcement, particularly US Immigration<\/a> and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to punish the opposition party, disrupt local communities, instill fear in the civilian population, and quell lawful political dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollsters noted both of those grounds in their question, asking respondents: \u201cSeveral members of Congress have recently come out in support of impeaching President Donald Trump<\/a> for violating Americans\u2019 constitutional rights and the law, including actions by ICE in the US and the war he started with Iran. Do you support or oppose President Trump being impeached?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, 52% of all voters said they support impeachment, including 84% of Democrats, 55% of Independents, and even 14% of Republicans<\/a>. Just 40% opposed, including 8% of Democrats, 34% of Independents, and 81% of Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Image by Free Speech for People\/Lake Research Partners)<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe result is quite striking,\u201d David Mermin of Lake Research Partners said in a call<\/a> with reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s a clear majority. It\u2019s a solid majority. And it reaches across all demographics and across partisan lines as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 800 respondents represented a variety of perspectives in terms of age, gender, racial identity, education, region, and partisanship. The margin of error is +\/-3.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putting the finding in a historical context, Mermin noted that there were majorities in favor of impeachment in the mid-1970s, when then-President Richard Nixon<\/a> was approaching impeachment and then resigned, well into his second term. Nearly a quarter-century later, during the proceeding that led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton<\/a>, \u201cmost of that period, we did not see majorities in favor of impeaching him, even during that process,\u201d the pollster explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor President Trump, in his first term, there were two impeachment proceedings against him, and in the first one, near the end of 2019… some of the polls disagreed, but there were some polls showing him slightly about 50% approval of impeachment,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd then the second proceeding that happened after the January 6th coup attempt, there was a clear majority… during those last few weeks of his term prior to his when he left office in January of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with Clinton, the House of Representatives impeached Trump, but the Senate declined to convict him. Now, both chambers of Congress are narrowly controlled by Republicans who have demonstrated an unwillingness to stand up to the president\u2014including by refusing<\/a> to advance war powers resolutions challenging his various unauthorized military actions abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mermin said that \u201cthis appears to be the earliest in a presidential term that you\u2019ve seen a majority of Americans in favor of impeachment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FSFP co-founder and president John Bonifaz highlighted that the polling comes when there is not even an impeachment proceeding in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Trump\u2019s return to office last year, Reps. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) and Al Green (D-Texas) have introduced articles of impeachment against him, though those efforts have not gone anywhere. However, in the lead-up to the November midterm elections<\/a>, even Trump has acknowledged<\/a> that Democrats winning congressional races could lead to him being impeached a third time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou gotta win the midterms, \u2018cause if we don\u2019t win the midterms… they\u2019ll find a reason to impeach me,\u201d Trump told<\/a> Republicans in January. \u201cI\u2019ll get impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new survey shows even higher figures for disapproval of Trump\u2019s job performance: 57% of all voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing, including 92% of Democrats, 56% of Independents, and 16% of Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonifaz said that \u201cthis poll confirms what we are seeing across the country: The American people understand that\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0poses a direct threat to our Constitution and to the\u00a0rule of law<\/a>\u00a0and must be impeached and removed from public office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Corbett<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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