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I contacted Democratic county chairs around the U.S. to ask them about impeachment. The main response was concern about backlash. Of 12 who got back to me, 7 said don't do it, 4 said more evidence is needed, 1 said she'd do it but has apprehensions: thestar.com/news/world/201…
There was a consensus that Trump had committed impeachable offences, but lots of skepticism that it's the right thing to do given Trump's talent for using perceived victimhood. One said impeachment would be obvious in a "fully functioning democracy," but not in the current U.S.: 
Polls suggest that Democratic voters are generally supportive of impeachment, so don't treat local party activist-officials as broadly representative. But it was interesting.
