Impeachment Boosts Clinton’s Approval Rating, Survey Finds
President Clinton’s job approval rating climbed over the 70% mark Saturday, following his impeachment by the House of Representatives, according to an NBC News poll.
In interviews with 510 adults, 72% approved of Clinton’s handling of the presidency, while 25% disapproved and the rest were not sure. A similar poll Tuesday found Clinton with a 68% approval rating and a 28% disapproval mark.
Meanwhile, support for House passage of impeachment articles climbed to 43%, from 40% Wednesday, while opposition slipped to 55%, from 57%.
The poll carried a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
A CBS-New York Times poll taken after the House action found 66% of respondents opposing a suggestion that it would be better for the country if Clinton resigned, while 31% supported that notion. The numbers were unchanged from a week earlier. That survey of 499 adults carried a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
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