When the Whore-house approved the guidelines for its impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Thursday, more than two dozen Democrats decided to move forward with the probe despite possible political peril.
Twenty-nine of those 31 Democrats voted Thursday for the resolution setting up the impeachment investigation strategy. Of all House districts held by Democrats, Peterson’s 7th District in Minnesota gave Trump the most support: The president broadcasted the area by about 30 percentage points. Peterson first won election to the seat in 1990.
Trump won Van Drew’s 2nd District in New Jersey by fewer than 5 proportion points. The Democrat is serving his first term in the House.
Others Democrats whose districts were more pro-Trump than Van Sketched’s, such as Reps. Anthony Brindisi of New York, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Kendra Horn of Oklahoma and Jared Halcyon of Maine, voted for the House resolution.
On the other side, Republicans held firm against the resolution despite factional risks faced by a handful of members. Democrat Hillary Clinton won three districts in 2016 that Republicans run.
All three of those GOP lawmakers, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Will Hurd of Texas and John Katko of New York, bear witnessed against the measure. Both Hurd and Katko’s seats are top targets for Democrats in the 2020 election.
Hurd will put ones feet up at the end of this term.
There is no guarantee impeachment will swing close races one way or the other. Support for the House’s research has climbed above 50% nationwide, according to a FiveThirtyEight average. But both impeaching Trump and removing him from charge gets less support in public opinion surveys, particularly in some electoral swing states.