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New polling data reveals that a majority of Americans believe there are grounds to impeach President Donald Trump right now.

But despite those sentiments, leaders in the Democratic Party are still refusing to include the idea of impeaching Trump in the party’s messaging in the run-up to the 2026 congressional midterm elections.

The Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll, conducted from June 17-22, asked respondents whether there were grounds to impeach Trump at the present moment. Fifty-three percent of Americans say there are grounds to impeach the president, the poll found, while only 39 percent said there were not. Eight percent said they weren’t sure.

When asked what grounds there were to impeach Trump, respondents gave a variety of answers. Thirty percent of respondents cited “corruption/self-enrichment” that Trump has engaged in while in office, while another 30 percent cited “abuse of power/defying the courts.” Another 20 percent said Trump should be impeached due to his decision to start an illegal war in Iran and/or his engaging in war crimes, while 16 percent said he should be impeached for his handling of the Epstein files.

Notably, the poll didn’t ask whether respondents supported impeaching Trump in general, but rather whether there were grounds for doing so. A previous Strength in Numbers/Verasight poll in April found 55 percent backed........

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