1. The most basic finding of the polls that have been released in the last week is that there has been an increase in support for impeachment of the president, but the majority of Americans still do not support impeachment even if they disapprove of Trump's actions.
2. The YouGov/Economist poll found that 52% of Americans said it is inappropriate for the president to request a foreign government to open an investigation into a potential political opponent.
3. 62% said that it is inappropriate for the president to threaten withholding foreign aid to a country if it refuses to "take an action which personally benefits the President."
4. The Quinnipiac poll found that there was a 5% point increase in support for impeachment overall and a 12% point increase among Democrats.
5. This poll was conducted from the day before the story of the call with the Ukrainian President broke until the day before Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry.
6. None of the polls account for the following: changes in public opinion following Pelosi's announcement of an official impeachment inquiry, public reactions to the memo of the phone call between Trump and Zelensky, the testimony of Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire before Congress.
7. 32% of Americans are not paying attention to these developments.
8. Warren and Biden are pretty much tied at the lead.
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