Blog Post 2.1- Impeachment
1. After the impeachment process, how did Clinton's relationship with the public and his party change?
Clinton's support from the public and his party did not decrease.
2. What are differences between the investigations that led to the Clinton impeachment and the potential Trump impeachment?
Today, the Democrats are building a case against the president in real time, which makes it harder to predict where the public will ultimately land. Clinton's case hinged on the findings in Starr’s report.
3. What trends in public opinion about impeachment occurred in the lead up to the formal announcement of impeachment by the House against President Clinton?
Impeaching Clinton was never popular. His opposition to being impeached decreased leading up to the formal announcement of impeachment by the House, but it was still greater than the support from the impeachment.
4. What was the effect of the impeachment on the 1998 midterm elections for the Republicans?
The Republican support for impeachment increased. This did not have much effect for overall support of impeachment, however.
5. How did Democrats vote about the impeachment inquiry compared to how they voted to actually impeach President Clinton?
For the impeachment inquiry, there was a significant amount of democratic support. For the articles of impeachment, the democratic support to impeach Clinton decreased.
6. How many Republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton?
Five republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton.
7. What lessons about the 1998 impeachment might Democrats consider when deciding whether or not to impeach President Trump?
For one, there is the risk that, like the Republicans in Clinton’s impeachment, the Democrats’ investigation into Trump could be seen primarily as an attack on a political adversary. Also, the conduct at issue in Trump’s case is much more closely linked to his power as president, which could mean the public will be less inclined to dismiss it as human error.
8. How are the investigations in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
In Trump's investigation, they don’t have a completed investigation like Starr’s.
9. How are the issues involved in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
The allegations against Clinton were personal and moral, the conduct at issue in Trump’s case is much more closely linked to his power as president.
Clinton's support from the public and his party did not decrease.
2. What are differences between the investigations that led to the Clinton impeachment and the potential Trump impeachment?
Today, the Democrats are building a case against the president in real time, which makes it harder to predict where the public will ultimately land. Clinton's case hinged on the findings in Starr’s report.
3. What trends in public opinion about impeachment occurred in the lead up to the formal announcement of impeachment by the House against President Clinton?
Impeaching Clinton was never popular. His opposition to being impeached decreased leading up to the formal announcement of impeachment by the House, but it was still greater than the support from the impeachment.
4. What was the effect of the impeachment on the 1998 midterm elections for the Republicans?
The Republican support for impeachment increased. This did not have much effect for overall support of impeachment, however.
5. How did Democrats vote about the impeachment inquiry compared to how they voted to actually impeach President Clinton?
For the impeachment inquiry, there was a significant amount of democratic support. For the articles of impeachment, the democratic support to impeach Clinton decreased.
6. How many Republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton?
Five republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton.
7. What lessons about the 1998 impeachment might Democrats consider when deciding whether or not to impeach President Trump?
For one, there is the risk that, like the Republicans in Clinton’s impeachment, the Democrats’ investigation into Trump could be seen primarily as an attack on a political adversary. Also, the conduct at issue in Trump’s case is much more closely linked to his power as president, which could mean the public will be less inclined to dismiss it as human error.
8. How are the investigations in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
In Trump's investigation, they don’t have a completed investigation like Starr’s.
9. How are the issues involved in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
The allegations against Clinton were personal and moral, the conduct at issue in Trump’s case is much more closely linked to his power as president.
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