Weeks of media speculation and innuendo related to President Donald Trump and Russia have driven Democrats mad for impeachment, a Morning Consult/Politico poll released Wednesday suggests.

The poll of 1,938 voters, taken Thursday through Monday, shows that a whopping 68 percent want Congress to begin impeachment proceedings because of ties between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russian agents. There has been much smoke but no fire surrounding the issue.

[lz_table title=”Impeachment Furor” source=”Morning Consult/Politico”]Voters favoring Trump’s impeachment
|Voter Type,Share
All Voters,38%
Democrats,68%
Independents,33%
Republicans,12%
Clinton voters,72%
Trump voters,8%
Whites,32%
Blacks,68%
Hispanics,62%
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Former CIA Director John Brennan became the latest figure to stoke the issue, testifying Monday in front of the House Intelligence Committee that he was concerned about contacts he saw between Trump associates and Russian agents. But like everyone who has reviewed classified evidence, he acknowledged that he saw no proof that the Trump campaign colluded with Russians to break into email accounts of the Democratic National Committee and the campaign chairman of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

A broad consensus exists that the issue merits investigation. The poll indicates that 63 percent of registered voters — including half of Republicans — support the appointment of a special counsel to head up that investigation. In addition, 56 percent think it should be a top or important priority for Congress to investigate.

But Democrats have little interest in waiting for the results of that investigation. Only 16 percent said Congress should not begin impeachment proceedings. Thirst for impeachment was even higher among Clinton voters — 72 percent favor impeachment.

The rest of the country does not share the same enthusiasm. Impeachment support stands at 38 percent among all voters, compared with 46 percent who oppose it. Among independents, that figure is 33 percent, while 12 percent of Republicans support it. Only 8 percent of Trump voters support it.

The numbers correlate pretty closely to Trump’s overall job approval, which stands at 46 percent in the survey — up four percentage points from a Morning Consult poll earlier this month.

The share of Democrats who strongly disapprove, 68 percent, is exactly the same as the percentage who want Trump impeached.

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The poll does not suggest that Trump’s problems are creating any kind of tsunami against Republicans in general. Democrats lead by four points, 41 percent to 37 percent, on the question of which party voters would select in the next elections for the House and Senate.

On the issues, Republicans and Democrats retain their areas of traditional strength. Voters trust Republicans in Congress more than congressional Democrats on the economy, by five points; jobs, by six points; and on national security, by 16 points.

Democrats have an eight-point advantage on health care, a 10-point edge on both energy and education, and a 21-point advantage on the environment.