The impeachment of Donald Trump has been a hot topic of political discussion for a long time, and for a long time it was very unpopular. According to FiveThirtyEight’s comprehensive tracker of impeachment polls, in the period between the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and the storm of Ukraine news, support for impeaching Trump ranged between 35 and 40 percent, with opposition consistently above 50 percent.
That has changed since the Ukraine story became public knowledge, with support for impeaching Trump now generally a bit above opposition. Note, however, that while impeachment has gotten more popular, it lags behind overall approval of Trump’s job performance. A larger share of the public say they disapprove of Trump than those who say they want to see him impeached.