Political prognosticators, like yours truly, have been telling Americans for months that the outcome for President Trump is all but preordained: Party-line impeachment by Democrats in the House, a party-line vote against removal by Republicans in the Senate. But how it all goes down could have big ramifications, particularly in such a deeply divided electorate. On the one hand, there’s a sense of impeachment fatigue, the idea that voters aren’t quite as riveted by this process as those of us in Washington. Why watch episode three, after all, when you already know what happens in the finale? And the hearings haven’t moved public opinion: Polling released over the past few days by Fox News and Quinnipiac University shows opinions on impeachment largely unchanged from October.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2019 00:11 UTC