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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Wed Mar 8, 2017, 12:49 PM Mar 2017

Poll: Majority of voters favor special prosecutor

Source: Politico

By STEVEN SHEPARD 03/08/17 06:45 AM EST

A majority of voters support appointing a special prosecutor to investigate alleged ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign staff and the Russian government, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll conducted in the immediate wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from any related investigations.

Fifty-six percent of registered voters support appointing a special prosecutor, a far greater share than the 30 percent who oppose an independent counsel investigating the matter. Thirteen percent of voters don’t have an opinion.

Three out of four Democratic voters support a special prosecutor, compared to 39 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents.

The poll was conducted last Thursday through Monday and went into the field just hours after Sessions announced he wouldn’t take part in any investigation into the Trump campaign. At a press conference at the Justice Department last Thursday, Sessions admitted meeting twice last year with Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Because those meetings occurred as part of his duties as a then-senator from Alabama, according to Sessions, he didn’t mislead his colleagues when he said he had no interactions with Russian government officials while serving as a Trump campaign “surrogate.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/poll-special-prosecutor-trump-russia-235802

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Poll: Majority of voters favor special prosecutor (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2017 OP

Half empty here. No greater proof of treason than the current situation and almost half Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #1

Well, 13% "don't have a clue," 30% "nothing to see here," and 56% "appoint SP"... pat_k Mar 2017 #3

Better, thanks for that. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #4

They voted for Drumpf because he promised them a tax cut, red dog 1 Mar 2017 #6

Majority of voters favored Hillary. briv1016 Mar 2017 #2

I'm surprised 4 out of 10 Republicans want a special prosecutor titaniumsalute Mar 2017 #5

"Deputy Attorney General Pick Sidesteps Democrats Calls for Special Prosecutor" red dog 1 Mar 2017 #7

Thanks for posting the link. Kicked. pat_k Mar 2017 #8

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

1. Half empty here. No greater proof of treason than the current situation and almost half

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 12:51 PM

Mar 2017

this country says OK, nothing to see here

pat_k

(9,313 posts)

3. Well, 13% "don't have a clue," 30% "nothing to see here," and 56% "appoint SP"...

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:56 PM

Mar 2017

... strikes me as pretty good news.

If "no opinion" captures people who aren't paying any attention at all, that's about what I would expect at the best of times. (I think more like 20% of the electorate fall into the "don't pay attention to 'politics'" category.)

This poll indicates to me that there are about 30% hard core DT people (30% no prosecutor, 29% would be happy with ACA repeal, and 22% would be happy if DT got his border wall built). That number could possibly go lower, but I think it's pretty close to the "floor." FOX News and RW talk radio have brain washed an awful lot of people over the years. My sense is that a majority of the 30% are beyond reach.

It's depressing that there are so many brainwashed Americans, but it could be worse.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

4. Better, thanks for that.

Reply to pat_k (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 02:58 PM

Mar 2017

I cant help but remember the main reason cons said they voted for the idiot, tax cut.

They are still willing to watch the world go to shit for a tax cut.

red dog 1

(27,826 posts)

6. They voted for Drumpf because he promised them a tax cut,

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 03:42 PM

Mar 2017

but those making less than 75K a year will only get about a 1 percent tax cut, while millionaires & billionaires will likely get a much larger tax cut (25-40 percent)
(I don't have the link to Asshole's tax reform plan, but it can be Googled)