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Blog 1.6

1.What is the most basic finding of the polls that have been released in the last week? According to the most recently released polls, there is an “uptick in support for impeachment”. 2. What did YouGov and the Economist find that most Americans feel about the president's actions? YouGov and the Economist found that,” 52 percent of Americans said it is inappropriate for the president to request a foreign government [to] open an investigation into a potential political opponent”.  3. What did that same poll find about American attitudes toward the president if he withheld funding to the Ukraine? The same poll found that 62 percent of Americans thought that was inappropriate. 4. What change in attitudes did the Quinnipiac poll find? It found that overall there was a 5-percent-point increase favoring impeachment, and among Democrats, there was a 12-percent-point increase. 5. What is important about the time frame in which the poll was conducted? The poll was...