Nearly half of all Americans support impeaching President Donald Trump and removing him from office, according to the results of a new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal. The survey finds that 49 percent of Americans support impeaching Trump — an increase of 6 points since early October. In contrast, 46 percent of Americans do not want Trump to be impeached — a decline of 3 points during the same timeframe. The increase in support for impeaching and removing Trump has come mainly from Democratic and independent voters. Fifty-five percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s job performance, including 45 percent who strongly disapprove of it, according to the poll. Only 45 percent approve of the president’s performance, including just 31 percent do so strongly. These figures reveal that Trump is unpopular outside of his Republican base. While 91 percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s job as president, the same is true for only 38 percent of independents and only 6 percent of Democrats. Fifty percent of Americans say they lack any confidence in Trump having the right goals and policies to be president, while only 35 percent say they are “extremely” or “quite” confident.