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55% Want Trump Impeached, Approval Plummets to Watergate Level

4/25/2026

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A Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll finds 55 % of Americans now favor impeaching President Donald Trump.
The poll shows a fifth of Trump’s 2024 voters also support impeachment.
Trump’s approval rating has fallen to the level held by Richard Nixon during the August 1974 Watergate scandal.
Economic analysts warn that Trump’s threatened war with Iran could raise gas and consumer prices, while conservative commentators Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson have withdrawn support.

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A Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll finds 55 % of Americans now favor impeaching President Donald Trump.
The poll shows a fifth of Trump’s 2024 voters also support impeachment.
Trump’s approval rating has fallen to the level held by Richard Nixon during the August 1974 Watergate scandal.
Economic analysts warn that Trump’s threatened war with Iran could raise gas and consumer prices, while conservative commentators Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson have withdrawn support.