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Washington Post Poll: The Senate Calls Witnesses
Sunday, January 31, 1999 The latest Washington Post poll is based on random telephone interviews with 1,013 adults on January 28-30, 1999. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.0 percentage points. | Censure | Electoral Repercussions | Fairness | Favorability | Effect on Country
LV = Likely voter RV = Registered voter * = Less than 0.5 percent1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job as president? (GET ANSWER, THEN ASK: Do you feel that way strongly, or only somewhat?)
------Approve----------- -------Disapprove-------- No
NET Strongly Somewhat NET Somewhat Strongly opin.
1/30/99 65 43 22 33 7 26 2
1/19/99 66 NA NA 32 NA NA 2
1/13/99 63 NA NA 34 NA NA 3
1/10/99 62 NA NA 36 NA NA 1
12/20/98 67 48 20 30 6 23 3
12/19/98 66 47 19 31 7 24 3
12/13/98 64 43 21 35 10 25 2
12/11/98 60 NA NA 37 NA NA 3
11/22/98 61 NA NA 34 NA NA 5
11/7/98 63 NA NA 36 NA NA 1
11/1/98 65 41 25 33 10 23 1
11/1/98 LV 58 40 18 41 10 31 1
10/10/98 67 48 19 30 8 23 3
10/10/98LV 61 47 14 38 8 30 1
10/25/98 62 40 22 32 8 23 6
10/25/98 LV 58 42 15 40 8 32 2
10/18/98 62 40 22 34 9 25 4
10/18/98 LV 57 39 18 41 7 34 2
9/28/98 63 42 21 35 8 26 2
9/28/98 LV 57 43 14 43 6 37 1
9/21/98 60 NA NA 39 NA NA 1
9/14/98 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
9/13/98 eve 60 NA NA 38 NA NA 2
9/13/98 day 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 3
9/12/98 59 NA NA 39 NA NA 3
9/11/98 56 NA NA 42 NA NA 3
9/9/98 57 NA NA 40 NA NA 3
8/23/98 64 NA NA 33 NA NA 3
8/21/98 66 41 25 31 10 21 3
8/20/98 65 NA NA 32 NA NA 3
8/19/98 60 NA NA 38 NA NA 2
8/17/98 61 NA NA 36 NA NA 3
8/16/98 62 NA NA 33 NA NA 4
7/29/98 63 NA NA 33 NA NA 4
7/12/98 63 34 29 31 11 20 6
6/18/98 59 NA NA 34 NA NA 7
6/2/98 61 NA NA 34 NA NA 5
5/12/98 64 NA NA 32 NA NA 4
4/4/98 65 NA NA 31 NA NA 4
4/1/98 66 NA NA 29 NA NA 4
3/17/98 66 NA NA 30 NA NA 4
3/16/98 63 NA NA 34 NA NA 3
2/18/98 67 NA NA 30 NA NA 3
1/31/98 67 42 24 29 10 19 4
1/30/98 69 NA NA 27 NA NA 4
1/29/98 68 NA NA 27 NA NA 5
1/26/98 60 NA NA 35 NA NA 4
1/25/98 59 31 28 37 13 25 4
1/24/98 57 30 26 40 13 27 3
1/19/98 60 24 36 35 15 19 5
1/13/98 62 NA NA 31 NA NA 7
11/12/97 59 NA NA 35 NA NA 6
10/13/97 59 NA NA 36 NA NA 6
8/27/97 58 NA NA 37 NA NA 5
7/8/97 64 NA NA 31 NA NA 5
6/8/97 59 NA NA 36 NA NA 5
4/24/97 56 NA NA 39 NA NA 5
3/25/97 56 NA NA 33 NA NA 11
3/9/97 55 NA NA 41 NA NA 4
10/8/96 LV 58 NA NA 38 NA NA 4
10/8/96 RV 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
9/4/96 RV 57 NA NA 38 NA NA 4
8/5/96 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
6/30/96 56 NA NA 39 NA NA 5
5/22/96 58 20 37 39 17 22 3
3/31/96 52 21 30 40 16 25 8
3/7/96 53 19 34 45 19 26 2
3/10/96 55 23 32 40 17 24 4
4/21/96 51 NA NA 43 NA NA 6
1/7/96 53 22 31 43 16 28 4
11/19/95 54 NA NA 41 NA NA 5
11/13/95 54 20 34 41 20 21 5
10/1/95 52 17 35 43 19 24 5
7/17/95 51 14 37 45 20 25 4
6/8/95 47 NA NA 45 NA NA 8
5/14/95 56 20 36 41 23 18 3
3/19/95 52 17 35 45 19 26 3
3/5/95 46 NA NA 49 NA NA 4
1/29/95 54 20 34 43 21 22 3
1/4/95 45 13 31 51 22 29 5
12/20/94 44 NA NA 50 NA NA 6
11/6/94 RV 52 20 32 43 16 26 5
10/31/94 48 17 31 49 19 30 3
10/23/94 49 18 31 48 19 29 4
10/9/94 45 13 32 51 21 30 4
9/25/94 44 13 31 51 20 31 5
9/11/94 46 15 30 51 19 33 3
8/16/94 44 NA NA 51 NA NA 5
8/7/94 47 17 31 47 20 27 5
6/26/94 50 16 34 44 17 28 6
5/15/94 51 19 32 44 17 28 4
3/27/94 57 23 34 41 16 25 3
3/22/94 47 NA NA 45 NA NA 7
3/08/94 52 NA NA 40 NA NA 8
2/27/94 58 20 38 38 15 23 4
1/23/94 56 22 34 34 14 20 10
1/9/94 59 20 39 36 15 21 4
12/19/93 58 22 36 40 20 20 3
11/14/93 49 16 33 45 20 25 6
10/31/93 52 17 35 41 17 24 7
10/10/93 51 20 31 43 18 25 5
10/3/93 52 19 33 36 14 22 12
9/19/93 51 NA NA 41 NA NA 8
8/8/93 45 16 29 51 19 32 4
6/28/93 43 13 29 50 19 31 7
6/15/93 45 NA NA 48 NA NA 7
5/23/93 46 17 30 48 18 30 6
4/26/93 59 22 37 39 17 21 2
2/28/93 60 28 32 33 11 22 7
2/23/93 63 28 35 30 11 19 7
2/14/93 54 23 31 31 15 16 15
2. As you may know, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach Clinton, and the Senate is holding a trial to decide whether or not Clinton should be removed from office. This week the Senate voted to continue with the trial and not dismiss the impeachment charges against Clinton. Do you approve or disapprove of the Senate's decision to continue with the trial?
Approve Disapprove No opinion
1/30/99 44 55 1
3. As you may know, the Senate has also voted to take private testimony from three witnesses in the trial: Monica Lewinsky, attorney Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal. Do you approve or disapprove of the Senate's decision to take testimony from these witnesses?
Approve Disapprove No opinion
1/30/99 47 52 1
3b. Do you think this testimony should be made available to the general public or not?
Yes No No opinion 1/30/98 56 42 2
4. At the end of the trial the Senate will vote to decide whether or not Clinton should be removed from office. Do you think the Senate should or should not remove Clinton from office?
Remove Don't remove No opin.
1/30/99 33 64 3
1/19/99 36 60 4
1/13/99* 33 64 3
1/10/99* 33 65 2
12/20/98* 33 66 2
12/19/98* 34 65 1
12/15/98** 39 59 1
12/13/98*** 38 61 1
12/11/98 38 60 2
12/6/98 33 64 3
11/22/98 30 66 4
11/1/98 27 71 2
11/1/98 LV 33 65 3
10/25/98 29 66 5
10/25/98 LV 32 62 6
10/18/98 29 68 3
10/18/98 LV 34 62 3
9/28/98 31 66 3
9/28/98 LV 38 60 2
9/21/98 41 57 2
9/14/98 38 59 3
9/13/98**** 30 64 6
8/3/98***** 24 70 6
8/19/98***** 30 65 5
8/17/98***** 25 69 6
8/16/98****** 35 59 6
7/29/98****** 39 57 4
7/12/98******* 39 55 7
1/31/98****** 40 51 9
1/25/98****** 55 40 5
1/24/98****** 54 41 5
1/23/98****** 55 38 7
*"Again, the House of Representatives has voted to impeach Clinton and next the Senate will hold a trial to decide whether or not he should be removed from office.."
**If the House does impeach Clinton..
***"The full House will vote on impeachment next week, and if the House
impeaches Clinton the Senate will decide whether he should be removed
from office. Based on what you know, do you think Congress should or
should not impeach Clinton and remove him from office?
****Washington Post: "As you may know, the independent counsel
Kenneth Starr has delivered a report to Congress summarizing his
investigation of the Lewinsky matter. Based on what you know or have
heard..."
***** "If he does not resign, do you think..."
****** "If Clinton lied by testifying under oath last January that he did not have an affair with Lewinsky, and he did not resign, is this something for which Clinton should be impeached, or not?"
*******"If Starr reports to Congress that he has evidence that Clinton had an affair with Lewinsky and lied about it under oath, do you think..."
5. Do you think the Senate should or should not censure or officially reprimand Clinton for his actions in the Monica Lewinsky matter?
Censure No censure No opin.
1/30/99 60 35 5
1/13/99 56 40 4
1/10/99 57 38 5
12/13/98* 59 37 4
12/11/98 61 34 4
12/6/98 59 38 3
11/1/98 59 38 3
11/1/98 LV 62 34 4
10/18/98 60 34 5
10/18/98 LV 64 32 4
9/28/98 61 33 6
9/28/98 LV 64 33 3
9/21/98 64 31 4
9/14/98 68 26 6
9/11/98 67 26 8
9/9/98 66 29 4
8/23/98 55 40 5
* 12/13 and previous: should "Congress" censure
6. Just your best guess -- Do you think the Senate will or will not remove Clinton from office? Will remove Will not remove No
him from office him from office opin.
1/30/99 17 79 4
12/20/98 35 60 5
12/19/98 35 58 7
12/15/98* 37 60 4
*Again, just your best guess - if the House does impeach Clinton, do you think the Senate will or will not remove him from office?_
7. (and 8) Thinking about the next U.S. House of Representatives election in the congressional district where you live, if that election were being held today, for whom would you vote: the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate? Registered voters:
Neither Wouldn't
Democrat Republican (vol.) vote (vol.) No opin.
1/30/99 49 39 8 1 3
11/1/98 51 43 4 * 2
10/25/98 48 43 3 1 4
10/18/98 49 44 3 1 4
10/10/98 50 40 4 2 5
9/28/98 42% VAP* 46 49 2 * 3
9/28/98 49 44 2 * 4
9/13/98 49 43 3 1 4
8/21/98 48 45 3 1 3
7/12/98 47 45 2 # 6
1/31/98 49 40 2 1 8
1/19/98 47 44 3 1 5
11/96 ACTUAL 50 50
10/8/96 51 41 2 1 5
9/29/96 48 41 3 1 7
9/22/96 50 43 2 1 4
9/15/96 49 45 1 1 4
9/4/96 48 44 3 * 5
8/29/96 53 39 3 1 5
8/28/96 51 40 3 1 5
8/27/96 51 41 3 0 5
8/26/96 51 41 3 0 5
8/25/96 48 43 3 1 6
8/24/96 47 43 2 1 6
8/19/96 49 42 3 0 6
8/18/96 45 46 3 0 6
8/15/96 46 43 4 1 5
8/14/96 48 42 3 1 6
8/13/96 49 43 3 0 5
8/12/96 49 42 3 1 5
8/11/96 49 40 4 1 6
8/10/96 49 41 4 1 5
8/4/96 48 45 2 1 4
6/30/96 49 44 3 * 3
5/22/96 52 41 3 1 3
3/10/96 51 43 2 * 4
1/21/96 52 43 3 1 1
10/1/95 49 44 3 * 3
11/94 ACTUAL 46.5 53.5
11/6/94 47 42 5 2 5
10/31/94 48 44 4 1 3
10/23/94 50 45 2 1 2
10/9/94 46 47 3 2 2
9/11/94 50 45 1 1 4
8/7/94 49 42 4 1 4
2/27/94 50 40 8 1 2
11/92 ACTUAL 51 46
10/21/91 51 41 4 * 4
7/28/91 49 41 6 * 3
6/2/91 48 42 4 1 5
11/90 ACTUAL 54 46
11/4/90 51 41 5 * 3
10/14/90 50 41 5 * 3
9/9/90 47 46 3 * 3
7/24/90 51 41 4 1 4
5/21/90 47 45 5 1 2
11/88 ACTUAL 54 46
9/21-10/10/88 52 41 2 1 4
9/19/88 51 39 3 1 6
11/86 ACTUAL 55 45
6/22/85 48 44 5 * 3
11/84 ACTUAL 53 47
10/16/84 52 44 2 NA 5
9/11/84 53 45 2 NA 1
7/8/84 58 40 2 NA 1
11/82 ACTUAL 57 43
10/27/82 58 39 NA NA 3
10/11/82 55 36 NA NA 9
9/13/82 58 36 NA NA 6
11/22/81 53 41 NA NA 7
11/80 ACTUAL 51 49
11/78 ACTUAL 54 46
11/76 ACTUAL 57 43
*ABC News
9. If your U.S. Senator voted in favor of removing Clinton from office, would that make you more likely to support your senator in the next election, more likely to oppose your senator for re-election, or wouldn't it make much difference in your vote? Support Oppose No diff. No opin. 1/30/99 21 27 50 2 1/13/99 18 30 50 2 1/10/99 19 31 48 2 12/15/98* 20 28 50 2 *"If your representative" voted to "impeach" 10. How would you feel if the Senate decides to remove Clinton from office -- would you be pleased about that, satisfied but not pleased, dissatisfied but not angry, or angry? ------Pleased/Satisfied---- --Dissatisfied/Angry---
Pleased Satisfied, Dissatified, No
NET about that not pleased NET not angry Angry opin.
1/30/99 40 19 21 58 35 23 2
12/20/98 37 20 17 62 27 35 1
12/19/98 39 20 19 60 24 36 1
11. Overall, do you think that the impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives were fair to Clinton, or unfair? (GET ANSWER, THEN ASK: Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?} ----------Fair ------- -------Unfair --------- No
Net Strngly Smewht Net Strngly Smewht opin.
1/30/99 49 31 18 46 32 13 5
12. And from what you've seen so far, do you think that the impeachment proceedings in the Senate have been fair to Clinton, or unfair? (GET ANSWER, THEN ASK: Do you feel that way strongly or somewhat?} ----------Fair ------- -----Unfair --- No
Net Strngly Smewht Net Strngly Smewht opin.
1/30/99 53 33 21 39 30 10 7
13. What's your biggest concern: that the trial will end before the Senate has had a chance to examine all of the important issues, or that the trial will last longer than it needs to? End before Trial No
important issues last longer opinion
1/30/99 24 72 4
14. (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE) Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of Bill Clinton? (GET ANSWER THAN ASK: Do you feel that way strongly, or only somewhat?) ----Favorable ---- ---Unfavorable --- No
Net Strngly Smewht Net Strngly Smewht opinion
1/30/99 54 35 19 42 30 12 3
9/28/98 48 NA NA 47 NA NA 5
8/23/98 45 NA NA 49 NA NA 6
8/21/98 56 NA NA 40 NA NA 4
8/19/98 39 NA NA 57 NA NA 4
7/12/98 54 NA NA 40 NA NA 6
5/12/98 54 NA NA 42 NA NA 4
4/4/98 55 NA NA 39 NA NA 6
2/18/98 56 NA NA 41 NA NA 3
1/30/98 60 NA NA 35 NA NA 6
1/25/98 54 NA NA 42 NA NA 5
1/24/98 51 NA NA 44 NA NA 5
1/19/98 59 NA NA 35 NA NA 6
1/12/98 59 NA NA 33 NA NA 7
10/13/97 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
9/10/97 57 NA NA 38 NA NA 5
3/9/97 60 NA NA 38 NA NA 3
9/4/96 RV 58 NA NA 38 NA NA 4
6/30/96 56 NA NA 38 NA NA 5
10/30/95 54 NA NA 41 NA NA 6
7/17/95 59 NA NA 38 NA NA 3
6/8/95 53 NA NA 43 NA NA 4
3/19/95 55 NA NA 42 NA NA 3
10/31/94 51 NA NA 44 NA NA 5
5/15/94 57 NA NA 40 NA NA 3
3/27/94 59 NA NA 37 NA NA 4
1/23/94 60 NA NA 32 NA NA 8
11/14/93 58 NA NA 37 NA NA 5
11/11/93 52 NA NA 43 NA NA 6
8/8/93 56 NA NA 39 NA NA 5
4/26/93 59 NA NA 29 NA NA 12
2/23/93 59 NA NA 30 NA NA 11
1/17/93 68 NA NA 20 NA NA 11
10/18/92 LV 56 NA NA 36 NA NA 8
9/27/92 LV 55 NA NA 36 NA NA 9
8/23/92 RV 54 NA NA 36 NA NA 10
7/19/92 RV 58 NA NA 23 NA NA 18
7/8/92 52 NA NA 33 NA NA 15
6/7/92 41 NA NA 38 NA NA 21
3/18/92 37 NA NA 37 NA NA 26
3/11/92 39 NA NA 31 NA NA 30
2/2/92 37 NA NA 24 NA NA 39
1/27/92 23 NA NA 11 NA NA 66
10/21/91 13 NA NA 9 NA NA 78
15. (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE)Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the Republicans in Congress, or don't you know enough to say? Favorable Unfavorable No opinion 1/30/99 22 30 48 12/20/98 23 34 43 12/19/98 25 34 40 16. (ASKED OF HALF SAMPLE)Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the Democrats in Congress, or don't you know enough to say? Favorable Unfavorable No opinion 1/30/99 26 23 50 12/20/98 29 21 49 12/19/98 32 22 4617. Do you think the Clinton/Lewinsky issue has damaged Clinton's ability to serve effectively as president, or not? (IF YES ASK: Has it damaged it a great deal, or only somewhat?) ------------Yes-------------
NET Great Deal Somewhat No No opinion
1/30/99* 43 25 17 56 1
12/20/98* 38 24 14 60 2
12/19/98 39 23 16 59 2
10/18/98 49 29 20 49 1
10/18/98LV 55 36 19 43 2
9/28/98 54 35 19 45 1
9/28/98LV 58 42 16 42 *
9/13/98 58 41 17 42 1
8/23/98 52 27 25 47 2
8/19/98 58 34 24 40 2
* Asked of half sample
18. Do you think the Clinton/Lewinsky issue has damaged Congress' ability to do its work effectively, or not? (IF YES ASK: Has it damaged it a great deal, or only somewhat?)
------------Yes-------------
NET Great Deal Somewhat No No opinion
1/30/99* 56 36 20 40 4
12/20/98* 52 27 26 44 4
12/19/98* 51 26 25 46 3
* Asked of half sample
19. If the Senate removes Clinton from office, do you think the country would be better off, worse off, or don't you think that would make much of a difference?
Better off Worse off No difference No opinion 1/30/99 15 48 35 1 12/13/98 13 51 33 3 © Copyright 1999 The Washington Post Company |
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