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Trump's Impeachment

1.  After the impeachment process, how did Clinton's relationship with the public and his party change?
His own party actually ended up backing him because many viewed his impeachment as a partisan move to depose a political opponent. The public didn't feel like the impeachment was warranted either since they were not directly affected by Clinton's affair.
2. What are differences between the investigations that led to the Clinton impeachment and the potential Trump impeachment?
The grounds for Clinton's impeachment were solely found in the Starr report. However, there is a live case being built against Trump, which makes it so that not a single piece of evidence would be an impeachable offense, but a general case against the president would decide the outcome.
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?
When initial talks of impeachment were taking place, the public generally leaned towards impeachment. However, as the effort continued, less people cared and the support for impeachment died down.
4. What was the effect of the impeachment on the 1998 midterm elections for the Republicans?
Republicans started to further denounce the actions of Clinton and kept pushing for impeachment. However, their efforts only came off as more political partisanship so it wasn't effective.
5. How did Democrats vote about the impeachment inquiry compared to how they voted to actually impeach President Clinton?
Some Democrats did vote to have the impeachment hearing, but when it came to the President actually being impeached, no one did.
6. How many Republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton?
10
7.  What lessons about the 1998 impeachment might Democrats consider when deciding whether or not to impeach President Trump?
They should consider whether their grounds for impeachment are substantial enough to rally the public against the president. Since approval ratings didn't go down, the opposing party wasn't going to be responsive to impeachment.
8. How are the investigations in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
When Trump initially was incriminated for collusion with Russia, impeachment hearings still weren't considered so that it didn't seem like a power grab by the Democrats. Now that the Ukraine scandal has occurred, there seems to be enough evidence to go for impeachment, unlike how Clinton's impeachment only relied on the Starr report.
9. How are the issues involved in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?
Clinton was impeached based on his character. An affair wouldn't directly impact his ability to lead the U.S. However, Trump has clearly crossed the lines of his position on multiple occasions, which can be considered as him disgracing his position. These are more realistic grounds for impeachment that the public can also get behind.

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