Support for President Trump's impeachment and removal from office is continuing to climb, but not among Republicans.That's according to new CNN/SSRS poll released Tuesday showing support for Trump's impeachment and removal at 50 percent, a new high. This is up three points since
CNN asked the question last month in the days after House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) officially announced the impeachment inquiry; that September poll already saw a six point jump in impeachment support since May. Forty-three percent said they don't support impeachment in the new poll.
Republican support for impeachment has cooled since the September poll, though, with only six percent of GOP respondents now in favor compared to 14 percent last month. Among Democrats, 87 percent support impeachment, while 50 percent of independents support it. Trump's approval has also risen two points since before the official impeachment inquiry was announced. This poll comes as
Democrats are continuing to investigate whether Trump abused the power of the presidency to push
Ukraine to launch investigations that might benefit him politically. In the poll, 49 percent said Trump used the presidency improperly to gain advantage in the 2020 presidential
election, up one point since last month, while 43 percent said he didn't, up four points since last month. Among
Republicans, 87 percent say Trump didn't use the presidency improperly, up from 71 percent in September.CNN's poll was conducted by speaking to a random national sample of 1,003 adults over the phone from Oct. 17-20. The margin of error is 3.7 percentage points. Read more results at CNN.