--- description: Including 13% of Democrats title: Poll: One Third of Americans Want President Obama Impeached image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6acc0fbebede29e/69869b9206f2c1cc0532fe38/451910914.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Poll: One Third of Americans Want Obama Impeached  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 12:32 PM CUT  President Barack Obama President Barack ObamaRJ Sangosti—Denver Post/Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 25, 2014 12:32 PM CUT Roughly a third of adult Americans want to see President Barack Obama impeached, according to a new CNN [poll](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/07/24/rel7e.pdf "undefined") released Friday. Support for impeachment cuts down party lines, with 57% of Republicans favoring the idea but just 35% of independents and 13% of Democrats feeling similarly. The poll comes a day after the House Rules Committee approved Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit against the President over part of his signature health care law. Some conservatives, including former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, have gone a step further than the lawsuit, [calling](http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/08/Exclusive-Sarah-Palin-Time-to-Impeach-President-Obama "undefined") for Obama’s impeachment. The solid majority of Americans who oppose impeaching the president is similar to previous years, CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. In 1998, 67% of Americans opposed impeaching President Bill Clinton and 69% opposed impeaching George W. Bush in 2006. The poll surveyed 1, 012 adult Americans between July 18-20 with a 3% margin of error. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3033757/poll-obama-impeached-third/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3033757/poll-obama-impeached-third/"},"headline":"Poll: One Third of Americans Want Obama Impeached","datePublished":"2014-07-25T12:32:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:20:46.415Z","description":"But solid majority would oppose a move sought by some conservatives","url":"https://time.com/3033757/poll-obama-impeached-third/","keywords":["Obamacare","Barack Obama","Obama","Lawsuit","Boehner","Impeachment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6acc0fbebede29e/69869b9206f2c1cc0532fe38/451910914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6acc0fbebede29e/69869b9206f2c1cc0532fe38/451910914.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Barack Obama in Colorado","caption":"President Barack Obama in Colorado","creditText":"RJ Sangosti—Denver Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3033757/poll-obama-impeached-third/","name":"Poll: One Third of Americans Want Obama Impeached"}}]}] ```