Wisconsinites continue to oppose Trump impeachment and removal from office, latest Marquette polling shows

After multiple hearings, dramatic public testimony and wall-to-wall news coverage, Wisconsinites aren't budging on impeachment. 

For the second straight month, a majority of registered voters don't believe President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office, according to Thursday's Marquette University Law School Poll.    

Forty percent said the president should be impeached and removed while 52% said he should not. The numbers were nearly identical to November's poll.

In fact, the high-water mark for impeachment in the poll came in October, before House Intelligence hearings on Trump's policy in Ukraine. Back then, 44% favored impeachment and removal to 51% who did not.  

"We've had this major set of testimony, an investigation on a critically important question, something the nation has only done now for the fourth time, and yet opinion hasn't moved an iota," said Marquette University Law School Poll Director Charles Franklin.

In the new poll, 52% of those said to the best of their knowledge they believe Trump asked the Ukranian president to investigate his political rivals, against 29% who do not. The results were identical from November.

Forty-four percent said Trump held up aid to pressure the Ukranian president to investigate his political rivals, while 36% said he did not.

Forty-two percent said the president did something seriously wrong, 9% something wrong, while 37% said he did nothing wrong.

Meanwhile, the presidential race remains tight. In November, Trump led his four top Democratic rivals in head-to-head matchups. This time, he leads in three and all are within the poll's margin of error.

Former Vice President Joe Biden led Trump 47% to 46%.

Trump held a 47% to 45% advantage over U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, led U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts 45% to 44% and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg 44% to 43%.

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey led Trump by 1 point in a November poll based on only a half sample of the survey. In the current poll, which was a full sample of voters, Trump led Booker 44% to 43%.

Biden leading Democratic field

Among those who say they'll vote in the Democratic primary in April, Biden led with 23%, Sanders at 19%, Warren at 16% and Buttigieg at 15%. Eleven percent said they did not know who they would vote for, while Booker got 4%.

Andrew Yang, Michael Bloomberg and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota each had 3% support.

It's unclear how much traction Bloomberg will get in Wisconsin. The billionaire former New York mayor was viewed favorably by 23% but unfavorably by 32%. Forty-one percent said they haven't heard enough about Bloomberg, who is advertising heavily around the country.

Forty-seven percent approve of the job Trump is doing as president, as opposed to 50% disapproval. The approval figure matched Trump's previous best in the Marquette poll, from October 2018.

Fifty-three percent approve of the way Trump is handling the economy, while 45% do not.

But just 43% approve of Trump's handling of foreign policy against 54% disapproval.

The public is fairly positive about how the economy has done in the last year — 44% said it has gotten better, 21% said it has gotten worse and 34% said it has stayed the same.

Looking forward, 32% say they expect the economy to be better, 25% said they expect it to be worse and 37% said it will stay the same.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has 50% job approval against 38% disapproval, slightly better than his numbers in November.

The current poll of 800 registered Wisconsin voters was conducted Tuesday through Sunday. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.2% for the full sample.