trump gotta go...yes or no?

 1. After the impeachment process, how did Clinton's relationship with the public and his party change? 

Clinton remained quite popular amount the public, he even had a 67% approval rating the December of 1998. Democrats supported impeachment at first with 31 votes, but later it dropped to 5. Many of the party was upset with Clinton, but not enough to want impeachment.

2. What are differences between the investigations that led to the Clinton impeachment and the potential Trump impeachment? 

Clinton's impeachment was spurred by Starr's report of the affair in detail, while Trump's impeachment is stemming from his phone call with the President of Ukraine. Republicans were in support of Clinton's impeachment, while Democrats are in favor of Trump's impeachment. Democrats have the extra work of convincing the public that Trump's call wasn't purely political because the public is very uninformed on the roles of the President.

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 the Starr report was first release, approval rates were lower and impeachment rates were higher, but Clinton never sank below 60%. Many Americans related to Clinton's want to lie about the affair.

4. What was the effect of the impeachment on the 1998 midterm elections for the Republicans?

The Republicans worked so hard to get Clinton impeached that they lost approval and seats. Republicans were seen as attackers and they lost public favor and therefore seats of Congress.

5. How did Democrats vote about the impeachment inquiry compared to how they voted to actually impeach President Clinton? 

With the impeachment inquiry, it is the same as Republicans in Clinton's time, they are adamant and resilient with the impeachment inquiry. When it came to impeaching Clinton, Democrats were more hesitant because they saw the act as a party attack.

6. How many Republicans in the Senate voted in support of President Clinton?

10 GOP senators voted to acquit Clinton of at least one of his charges. Republicans had a 2/3 support in the house, meaning 1/3 of representatives were in support of it.

7.  What lessons about the 1998 impeachment might Democrats consider when deciding whether or not to impeach President Trump?

There is the risk that Democrats do what Republicans did and they take it so far that it looks like their impeachment charges come off as a party attack for political reasons. They run the risk of losing public support and Congress seats.

8. How are the investigations in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different? 

The investigation against Clinton was based on the Starr report and the Republicans based their whole impeachment and argument on the report with little to no outside evidence. Democrats during the Trump investigation are completely different, they are ignoring the finding of the Mueller report and actively collecting evidence for why the President should be impeached.

9. How are the issues involved in the Clinton and Trump impeachments different?

Americans viewed Clinton's case as a personal, private matter and they related to Clinton because it is natural to want to cover up his affair. Clinton also apologized and moved on with the process instead of dwelling on the impeachment. With Trump, it is a more public, unforgivable action because 1. the public doesn't relate to the situation and 2. you don't call the President of Ukraine and ask him to interfere during a "moment of weakness."