As far back as April of this year, a clear majority of the public said that Clinton had lied under oath. In polling this week, well over half of those polled agree that the allegations contained in three out of the four draft articles of impeachment circulated by the Judiciary Committee majority are true, and half believe that the fourth obstruction of justice is true. At the same time, it is clear that the majority of the public does not think that these offenses rise to the level of being impeachable. This too has been a consistent finding over the past several months. About sixty percent or more have consistently said that they oppose it.
Censure appears to be a preferred alternative.
The impeachment proceedings thus far have generated only mid-range attention from the public. This is significantly lower than the attention levels Gallup has measured for other major news events, such as the death of Princess Diana and the UPS strike. The public does not think that Clinton will ultimately be impeached. For results based on samples of this size, one can say with 95 percent confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects could be plus or minus 5 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.