A Third of Voters Say Democrats Should Make Impeaching Trump an Immediate Priority, While 35% Say Not to Pursue It
Voters were asked whether Democrats who win control of the U.S. House should make impeaching Donald Trump an immediate priority, consider impeachment only if new evidence warrants it, or not pursue it, and how worried they are about what Democrats would do if they won control of Congress. The questions were part of The Honest Poll's final national tracking survey before the November 3 midterm elections, which found Democrats leading the generic congressional ballot by 13 points among Likely Voters. The national House vote showed a Democratic lead of about 12 points as of November 5, with The New York Times expecting it to reach 13 points as late votes were counted, according to the Pew Research Center.
A new national survey by The Honest Poll finds that 34% of Registered Voters say Democrats should make impeaching Donald Trump an immediate priority if they win control of the U.S. House, while 35% say they should not pursue impeachment and 24% say they should consider it only if new evidence warrants it. Seven percent (7%) are not sure. Among Likely Voters, 35% say immediate priority, 36% say do not pursue and 23% say only if new evidence warrants it.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democrats say impeachment should be an immediate priority, while 24% say only if new evidence warrants it and 9% say not to pursue it. Republicans say not to pursue it 66% to 6%, with 23% choosing only if new evidence warrants it. Independents are divided three ways, with 32% saying immediate priority, 29% only if new evidence warrants it and 29% not to pursue it, and 10% not sure. Moderates choose immediate priority 36%, only if new evidence warrants it 28% and not to pursue it 25%, while 59% of liberals choose immediate priority and 65% of conservatives choose not to pursue it.
Opinion tracks views of the president's job performance. Voters who strongly disapprove of Trump say immediate priority 61%, only if new evidence warrants it 23% and not to pursue it 9%. Voters who somewhat disapprove are the exception: 9% say immediate priority, 40% say only if new evidence warrants it and 38% say not to pursue it. Voters who strongly approve say not to pursue it 80% to 4%.
Fifty percent (50%) of women under 40 say impeachment should be an immediate priority, compared with 31% of men under 40, who are likelier than the other age and gender groups to choose only if new evidence warrants it (35%). Men and women 40 and older say not to pursue it 42% and 40%. By generation, immediate priority is the choice of 39% of Generation Z, 36% of Millennials, 34% of Generation X and 30% of Baby Boomers, while not pursuing it is the choice of 22%, 28%, 37% and 44%. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Black voters say immediate priority, compared with 40% of Hispanic voters and 29% of White voters, while 42% of White voters say not to pursue it.
Voters who say their vote for Congress is mainly a vote to oppose Donald Trump say immediate priority 62% to 8%, while those who say it is mainly a vote to support him say not to pursue it 70% to 5%. Voters who say their vote is not mainly about Trump say not to pursue it 45%, only if new evidence warrants it 24% and immediate priority 22%.
Forty-four percent (44%) of Registered Voters say they are worried about what Democrats would do if they won control of Congress, including 23% who are very worried, while 53% are not worried, including 33% who are not at all worried. Among Likely Voters, 44% are worried and 53% are not. Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Republicans are worried, including 45% who are very worried, compared with 15% of Democrats and 41% of independents. Eighty-four percent (84%) of Democrats are not worried, including 60% who are not at all worried, compared with 20% of Republicans and 53% of independents. Worry rises with age, from 38% among Generation Z to 41% among Millennials, 45% among Generation X and 48% among Baby Boomers. It is 49% among White voters, 36% among Hispanic voters and 27% among Black voters, and 32% in the Northeast compared with 44% to 47% in the other regions.
The two questions are closely linked. Voters who say impeachment should be an immediate priority are not worried about what Democrats would do, 81% to 16%, while 76% of those who say Democrats should not pursue it are worried, compared with 41% of those who say only if new evidence warrants it.
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The survey of 1,310 Registered Voters, including 1,158 Likely Voters, was conducted October 28-29, 2026, by The Honest Poll, combining an online panel with an SMS text survey, weighted to match known demographic and political benchmarks. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 2.9 percentage points at a 95% level of confidence; the margin of error is higher for subgroups, including independents and age-by-gender groups. The questions were not asked of the 20 respondents who said they definitely will not vote, so Registered Voter results are based on 1,290 respondents.
