--- title: Donald Trump: Impeachment Support Increasing, Poll Finds description: A growing number of voters want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll canonical: https://time.com/4800080/donald-trump-impeachment-poll/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-31T19:28:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:11:48.136Z article:section: Politics og:title: More People Support Impeaching President Trump, Poll Finds og:description: 43% of voters want to see Trump impeached og:url: https://time.com/4800080/donald-trump-impeachment-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc001deebfa9d4c/6988cf99cf40a80e76c47ee2/donald-trump-impeach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4000 og:image:height: 2250 og:image:alt: Memorial Day Is Commemorated At Arlington National Cemetery og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More People Support Impeaching President Trump, Poll Finds twitter:description: 43% of voters want to see Trump impeached twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc001deebfa9d4c/6988cf99cf40a80e76c47ee2/donald-trump-impeach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More People Support Impeaching President Trump, Poll Finds > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia.Pool--;Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 31, 2017 7:28 PM UTC A growing number of voters say they want President Donald Trump impeached. A new [POLITICO/Morning Consult poll](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-impeach-polling-238947) found that 43% of voters would like Congress to start impeachment proceedings, which is up from 38% last week, POLITICO reported. While calls for [impeaching Trump](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/) began before the President took office, they [escalated](http://time.com/4782887/donald-trump-impeachment-removal-from-office/) in recent weeks after reports said he asked former FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating his former national security advisor. According to the poll, the majority of support for impeachment comes from a general view that Trump is unfit for office, not the belief that he committed any crimes. Of the 43% who support impeachment, 54% said they believe Trump “has proven he is unfit to serve and should be removed from office, regardless of whether he committed an impeachable offense or not.” The poll was conducted between May 25 and May 30\. 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