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发帖数: 29846 | 1 May 30, 2013 - American Voters 4-1 Want Special Prosecutor For IRS,
Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Fixing Economy Is More
Important, Voters Say 3-1
American voters say 76 - 17 percent, including 63 - 30 percent among
Democrats, that a special prosecutor should be appointed to investigate
charges the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups, according
to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
President Barack Obama gets a negative 45 - 49 percent job approval rating,
compared to 48 - 45 percent positive in a May 1 survey by the independent
Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, conducted before the IRS allegations
surfaced.
The president's biggest drop is among independent voters, who give him a
negative 37 - 57 percent score, compared to a negative 42 - 48 percent May 1
. He gets a negative 9 - 86 percent from Republicans and a positive 87 - 8
percent from Democrats, both virtually unchanged. Women approve 49 - 45
percent while men give a negative 40 - 54 percent score.
Americans are divided 49 - 47 percent on whether Obama is honest and
trustworthy, down from 58 - 37 percent, the last time Quinnipiac University
asked the question September 1, 2011.
Support for an independent prosecutor to probe the IRS issue is 88 - 6
percent among Republicans and 78 - 17 percent among independent voters, 78 -
17 percent among men and 74 - 18 percent among women.
"There is overwhelming bipartisan support for a special prosecutor to
investigate the IRS," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac
University Polling Institute. "Voters apparently don't like the idea of
Attorney General Eric Holder investigating the matter himself, perhaps
because they don't exactly think highly of him. Holder gets a negative 23 -
39 percent job approval rating."
American voters say 43 - 32 percent that congressional criticism of the
Obama Administration's handling of the terrorist attack in Libya is 'just
politics.' Voters say 44 - 33 percent, however, that members of Congress who
criticize the way the Obama Administration handled the IRS are raising '
legitimate concerns.' Criticism of the Justice Department's seizure of
journalists' phone records also raises 'legitimate concerns,' voters say 37
- 24 percent.
Of the three controversies, 44 percent of voters see the IRS probe as the
most important, with 24 percent citing Benghazi and 15 percent picking the
AP records seizure.
But voters say 73 - 22 percent that dealing with the economy and
unemployment is a higher priority than investigating these three issues.
"The fact that voters say 34 - 25 percent that the economy is getting better
also may be a reason the president's job approval numbers have not dropped
further," Brown added.
American voters disapprove 66 - 24 percent of the job the IRS is doing.
A total of 68 percent of American voters are "somewhat dissatisfied" or "
very dissatisfied" with the way things are going in the nation today, while
32 percent are "very satisfied" or "somewhat satisfied." Voters also have
negative opinions of political parties:
47 - 42 percent unfavorable opinion of the Democratic Party;
50 - 35 percent unfavorable opinion of the Republican Party;
38 - 28 percent unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party.
Only 3 percent of voters trust the federal government to do the right thing
almost all the time, while 12 percent say they trust it most of the time; 47
percent say some of the time and 36 percent hardly ever. That compares to
results of a Quinnipiac University poll in July 2010, four months before the
Republican sweep that year on the back of anti-government sentiment, when 2
percent said almost always, 16 percent said most of the time; 50 percent
said some of the time and 31 percent said hardly ever.
"All of these investigations may be having a negative effect on voters'
willingness to trust the federal government.to do the right thing," said
Brown.
From May 22 - 28, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,419 registered voters
with a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points. Live interviewers call
land lines and cell phones.
The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D.,
conducts public opinion surveys in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa and the nation as a public
service and for research.
For more information, visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu/polling, call (203) 582-5201, or follow us on Twitter. |
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