No sign yet of impeachment backlash against Democrats

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN
Updated 9:01 AM ET, Sat October 5, 2019

... Poll of the week: A new Gallup poll out this week finds that President Donald Trump's approval rating is 40%. His disapproval rating is 56%.

Trump is in worse shape than he was in early September, when Gallup put his approval rating at 43% and his disapproval rating at 54%.

What's the point: Throughout the Trump administration, Democrats were arguing among themselves over whether to impeach or, at minimum, start an impeachment inquiry against the President. One of the political arguments against it was that it would cause an electoral backlash -- that is, trying to impeach Trump would allow his consistently low approval ratings to rise.

So far, that hasn't happened. Trump, at this point, has not improved his position following the impeachment inquiry. If anything, his numbers have dipped ...

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