CNN's latest impeachment poll found the exact same percentage of people support or oppose Donald Trump's impeachment and removal from office as did when the outlet polled the question in October: 50% support, 43% oppose.
A Politico/Morning Consult poll also found little movement from its own polling last week, with 48% supporting the impeachment inquiry and 43% opposed. The difference from its previous poll was a 2-point decrease in opposition.
So Democrats continue to enjoy a plurality of support for both their inquiry and Trump's impeachment, which could arguably be seen as a decent result so far, given that everyone assumed they would pay a steep political price before they launched the proceedings. That's a markedly better outcome than Donald Trump's latest fantasy poll, in which he claimed impeachment support was "dropping like a rock, down into the 20's."
Democrats also enjoy a slight edge with independents in both polls. The Politico poll shows independent support for the inquiry increasing from 40% last week to 44% this week, while opposition dropped from 47% to 39%, giving overall support among independents a 5-point edge. The CNN poll gave support for Trump's removal a 2-point edge, 47%-45%.
One aspect of the CNN poll that was really striking was the 21-point gender gap in favor of Trump's removal. While 61% of women favor impeachment/removal, only 40% of men say the same. Meanwhile, a majority of men, 53%, oppose Trump's removal, but just 34% of women do. It was the first time in CNN's poll that female support for Trump's removal broke into the 60s, moving up steadily throughout the year from 51% in May to 56% in October to 61% now.
Finally, another metric revealing Trump to be the worst president in American history.