Impeaching President Trump
Donald John TrumpTucker Carlson assures viewers his show 'not going anywhere' following presidential election Trump senior advisers dissuaded president from military strike on Iran: report Senators clash on the floor over wearing masks: 'I don't need your instruction' MORE is unpopular in some swing districts, according to Republican polling obtained by Politico Playbook Monday.
The polling by the National Republican Congressional Committee identified five battleground districts where voters were opposed to impeachment.
California's 21st, 39th and 45th, Georgia's 6th and New Jersey's 7th congressional district all had support for impeachment at 35 percent or lower in the poll.
Opposition to impeachment in those five districts was between 57 and 60 percent.
“Impeachment is not popular in suburban battleground districts carried by both President Trump and [2016 Democratic nominee] Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonObama to Trump on conceding election: 'Think beyond your own ego' Dear fellow Black voters: Thank you Here are the 17 GOP women newly elected to the House this year MORE," the NRCC concluded.
The polling of 400 likely voters in each district during late June comes as the Democratic Party is increasingly divided on impeachment.
Recent national polling on impeachment shows opposition outpacing support as well. According to Gallup, 53 percent of Americans are opposed to initiating the process, while 45 percent support doing so.
Despite a growing number of Democrats calling for impeachment after former special counsel Robert Mueller
Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE outlined multiple incidents of possible obstruction of justice against Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Nancy PelosiBickering Democrats return with divisions This week: Clock ticks on coronavirus, government funding deals Princeton history professor says Biden won with unstable Democratic coalition MORE (D-Calif.) has maintained she will not yet begin proceedings.
Mueller is set to testify in front of Congress on July 17.
Representatives from two of the surveyed districts, Katie Porter (D) from California's 45th and Tom Malinowski
Thomas (Tom) MalinowskiMalinowski beats back GOP challenge in New Jersey House race Phil Murphy says no coronavirus outbreaks in New Jersey linked to Trump fundraiser Marjorie Taylor Greene spars with GOP lawmaker over QAnon, antifa MORE (D) from New Jersey's 7th, have publicly backed impeachment proceedings.
The other three districts highlighted are represented by Reps. T.J. Cox (D-Calif.), Gil Cisneros
Gilbert (Gil) Ray CisnerosMORE (D-Calif.) and Lucy McBath
Lucia (Lucy) Kay McBathRecord number of Black women elected to Congress in 2020 McBath wins rematch against Handel in Georgia House race Democrats poised for House gains with boost from Trump-won districts MORE (D-Ga.)
