Polling suggests support for impeaching Donald Trump has returned to levels seen during Watergate and Trump’s first presidency, even as the US political system still makes removal from office highly unlikely.

The US system makes it unlikely that, even if the House of Representatives impeaches Trump, the Senate would do so unless the swing against the Republicans also impacts the Senate in an truly extraordinary way.

And House impeachment won’t happen unless the Democrats win a majority in the November election – a fact which seems highly probable despite The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering efforts.

Unlikely as it is the US public is firmly in favour of it happening. According to G. Elliott Morris an April poll showed 55 per cent support for impeachment with levels of support being as high as the levels during Donald Trump’s first presidency, when he was impeached twice, and Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

Some 45 per cent of all adults strongly support Trump........

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