Trump impeachment support grows among North Americans, research shows

The number of Americans who believe that President Donald Trump should suffer impeachment has grown 5 percentage points to 45 percent since mid-April, while more than half of those interviewed said that multiple congressional investigations of Trump interfered with matters important figures from the government, a Reuters / Ipsos poll showed on Thursday.

The poll, conducted on Monday, did not make it clear whether Americans weary of the investigations wanted Democrats in the House of Representatives to withdraw their investigations or push forward aggressively and be able to approve the impeachment request.

The question is urgent for the House's top Democratic leaders, who are still considering whether they enter into impeachment proceedings, despite the likely and insurmountable opposition the bill would face in the Republican-controlled Senate.

On Thursday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pointed out that the leaders of the house's investigative committees were addressing the issue step by step.

"This is very methodical, well based on the Constitution," Pelosi said. "We will not proceed faster or slower than the facts."

In addition to the 45 percent favorable to Trump's impeachment, the survey found that 42 percent of Americans believe that Trump should not be stopped. The rest said they did not have an opinion on the subject.

By comparison, a survey conducted between April 18 and 19 found that 40 percent of Americans wanted the impeachment of the current president.