Impeachment push stalls among voters

Voters believe President Trump is racist and did obstruct the investigation into the 2016 election — but they still don’t want to see Democrats begin impeachment proceedings against him, according to a new Quinnipiac University National Poll.

Less than a third of those surveyed — just 32% — say they want to see impeachment begin, Quinnipiac found. Democrats and black voters are in favor, but every other demographic is opposed.

That’s despite believing that special counsel Robert Mueller did not clear the president of wrongdoing. The poll found just 31% thought the report exonerated Mr. Trump.

The poll of 1,306 voters was taken July 25-28, which means it ended just as Mr. Trump was beginning a new round of criticism of Baltimore and the Democratic establishment that runs the city. That criticism was labeled “racist” by a number of Trump critics, including some cable news networks.

Quinnipiac found voters were already inclined to see Mr. Trump as racist, with 51% saying he is and 45% saying he’s not.