Poll: Clinton approval rating up despite videotape release
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Sept. 21) -- President Bill Clinton's approval rating has taken a slight upturn and the number of Americans calling for his impeachment is down slightly in the wake of Monday's release of his videotaped testimony before Ken Starr's grand jury, according to the latest CNN/Gallup Poll.
The poll was conducted after the four hours and three minutes of videotape were broadcast. Of the 631 adult Americans surveyed, 385 said they had watched at least some of Clinton's testimony.
Sampling error +/- 4% points for all questions except 11-13
Sampling error +/- 7% points for 11-13
Here are the results:
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Do you approve of the way Clinton is handling his job as president?
Clinton Approval Rating |
| |
Now |
66% |
| |
September 20 |
60% |
| |
September 13 |
64% |
| Based on what you know at this point, do you think that Clinton should be impeached and removed from office? |
| |
|
Yes |
No |
| |
Now |
32% |
66% |
| |
Sept. 20 |
35% |
60% |
| |
Sept. 13 |
31% |
66% |
| How strongly do you feel about that? |
| |
Favor strongly |
28% |
| |
Favor, not strongly |
4% |
| |
Oppose, not strongly |
15% |
| |
Oppose strongly |
51% |
| President Clinton should resign: |
| |
|
Yes |
No |
| |
Now |
39% |
59% |
| |
Sept. 20 |
40% |
56% |
| |
Sept. 13 |
36% |
62% |
| President Clinton should: |
| |
|
Now |
Sept. 20 |
| |
Resign |
39% |
40% |
| |
Be impeached |
32% |
35% |
| Do you think Clinton is honest and trustworthy enough to be president? |
| |
Yes |
49% |
| |
No |
47% |
| Do you think it is true that Clinton lied under oath about his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky? |
| |
|
Now |
Sept. 20 |
| |
True |
81% |
87% |
| |
Not True |
14% |
7% |
| If you were convinced that Clinton lied under oath about his sexual relationship with Lewinsky, do you think he should be impeached and removed from office? |
| |
|
Sept. 20 |
Now |
| |
Yes |
40% |
39% |
| |
No |
56% |
56% |
| Has what you have seen or heard about the release and the contents of the videotaped grand jury testimony and the additional Starr investigation material made you feel less favorable toward the following people? |
| |
|
No |
Yes |
| |
Bill Clinton |
41% |
51% |
| |
Ken Starr |
37% |
50% |
| |
GOP Congress |
45% |
43% |
| Thinking in general terms about the current situation involving Clinton, Lewinsky and the Starr investigation, who do you blame for the fact that things have gotten to the point they have? |
| |
Bill Clinton |
43% |
| |
Ken Starr |
32% |
| |
GOP Congress |
16% |
| Do you believe that the above-mentioned situation does great harm to the United States? |
| |
Yes |
68% |
| |
No |
29% |
| Did you see any of the Clinton videotape on television Monday? |
| |
Yes |
59% |
| |
No |
41% |
| Approximately how much of the four hours of that videotape have you seen? |
| |
Under 5 minutes |
4% |
| |
5-10 minutes |
8% |
| |
10-30 minutes |
19% |
| |
30-60 minutes |
19% |
| |
Over an hour |
38% |
| |
All of it |
12% |
| Based on what you heard or saw of the videotape, do you feel that the investigators treated Clinton fairly or unfairly? |
| |
Fairly |
70% |
| |
Unfairly |
27% |
| How do you think Clinton appeared on the videotape -- as someone wrongly accused of a crime or as someone trying to hide something? |
| |
Wrongly accused |
26% |
| |
Hiding something |
62% |
| Do you think two people have had sexual relations ONLY IF they have had sexual intercourse, or do you think two people can have what YOU would define as sexual relations without having sexual intercourse? |
| |
Only intercourse |
20% |
| |
Other acts as well |
73% |
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