12-19-2018, 10:43 AM
Morning Consult/Politico, Dec. 14-16, 1994 RV (1-week change)
Approve 41 (-2)
Disapprove 55 (+4)
Strongly approve 22 (nc)
Strongly disapprove 42 (+4)
(Morning Call for Politico)
This is one of the most unflattering polls ever of the Trump Administration from this pollster.
Two critical questions:
POL13
Do you think President Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election?
Yes, I think President Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. 806 (45%)
No, I don’t think President Trump’s campaign worked
with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016
presidential election. 709 (36%)
Don’t know / No opinion 389 (20%)
POL14
And do you think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation
into whether his campaign had ties to Russia?
Yes, I think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation into whether his campaign had ties to Russia. 966 (48%)
No, I don’t think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation into whether his campaign had ties to Russia. 652 (33%)
Don’t know / No opinion 375 (19%)
Nearly half of the people polled believe that the President has committed a crime of some kind either to get elected or to thwart an investigation of his real or imagined connection to Russian figures trying to get him elected.
...When the President says "No collusion!" he calls attention to what nearly half the American people believe to be true. As people implicated in the dirty dealings of the Trump campaign start telling their stories in federal courts, things will get really bad. Robert Mueller has offered much leniency in return for what sounds like damning testimony.
I have found that people genuinely innocent do not proclaim their innocence at every turn. They have other things to do.
I try to avoid getting ahead of the news; I claim no prophetic powers, and I prefer to let people in better position to tell what happened tell their stories. Their specifics are far more useful than my generalities.
Approve 41 (-2)
Disapprove 55 (+4)
Strongly approve 22 (nc)
Strongly disapprove 42 (+4)
(Morning Call for Politico)
This is one of the most unflattering polls ever of the Trump Administration from this pollster.
Two critical questions:
POL13
Do you think President Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election?
Yes, I think President Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. 806 (45%)
No, I don’t think President Trump’s campaign worked
with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016
presidential election. 709 (36%)
Don’t know / No opinion 389 (20%)
POL14
And do you think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation
into whether his campaign had ties to Russia?
Yes, I think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation into whether his campaign had ties to Russia. 966 (48%)
No, I don’t think President Trump has tried to impede or obstruct the investigation into whether his campaign had ties to Russia. 652 (33%)
Don’t know / No opinion 375 (19%)
Nearly half of the people polled believe that the President has committed a crime of some kind either to get elected or to thwart an investigation of his real or imagined connection to Russian figures trying to get him elected.
...When the President says "No collusion!" he calls attention to what nearly half the American people believe to be true. As people implicated in the dirty dealings of the Trump campaign start telling their stories in federal courts, things will get really bad. Robert Mueller has offered much leniency in return for what sounds like damning testimony.
I have found that people genuinely innocent do not proclaim their innocence at every turn. They have other things to do.
I try to avoid getting ahead of the news; I claim no prophetic powers, and I prefer to let people in better position to tell what happened tell their stories. Their specifics are far more useful than my generalities.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.