ELON – A statewide Elon University Poll released Tuesday found 47% of North Carolina adults said they would react positively if the U.S. House passed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
The survey question asked respondents how positive or negative their reaction would be to that hypothetical House action. Thirty-six percent said “very positive” and 11% said “somewhat positive.” Another 33% reacted negatively, while 21% chose neither positive nor negative.
Views split sharply by party. Positive reactions came from 78% of Democrats, 48% of independents and 17% of Republicans. The poll’s independent category includes respondents who lean toward a party.
The results were collected before Election Day. YouGov interviewed 1,038 North Carolina adults from Sept. 29 through Oct. 8 and matched the responses to a final sample of 800. Elon describes the online panel as a nonprobability sample and reports a credibility interval of plus or minus 4.03 percentage points for all adults.
The release also included early questions about the 2028 presidential election. Twenty-four percent said they would be likely to support Trump if he declared a third-term candidacy, while 62% said they would be unlikely and 13% were neutral. The 22nd Amendment says no person may be elected president more than twice.
Asked in an open-ended question to name one person they would be pleased to support for president, respondents most often named Vice President JD Vance at 11.7%. Secretary of State Marco Rubio followed at 7.9%, Trump at 7.7%, former Vice President Kamala Harris at 7.5%, California Gov. Gavin Newsom at 5% and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 4.5%. Nearly one in five respondents said they were unsure.
Elon cautioned that those 2028 results are an early snapshot and should not be treated as a prediction. The poll director used artificial-intelligence tools for an initial pass at standardizing spellings in the open-ended responses, then reviewed every response and classification.
The poll measured a hypothetical impeachment of Trump; it did not report that the House had passed such articles. Separately, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie issued a Nov. 9 advisory saying he planned to offer articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, illustrating that impeachment proceedings can concern officials other than the president.
Sources
- Elon University Poll: topline results and methodology
- U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie: Nov. 9 impeachment advisory
- National Archives: 22nd Amendment
Photo Credit: Official White House photograph by Daniel Torok, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain as a work created by a federal employee in official duties. Cropped and resized.
Editor’s Note: This article was drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence and was reviewed and fact-checked by a member of the NC Political News editorial team before publication.