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Poll: Public remains unsympathetic to Lewinsky
March 5, 1999 WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, March 5) -- If Monica Lewinsky was hoping to begin to rebuild her image with this week's two-hour TV interview, she still has a long ways to go, judging from the results of a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll. Most Americans continue to have a jaded view of President Bill Clinton's ex-lover, consider her immature and shameless and think she would have another affair with a married man if she thought she could get away with it. Only 25 percent of the public have a sympathetic view of Lewinsky, and 54 percent say after Lewinsky's TV interview, they either have a worse opinion of her, or there was no change in their feelings. The poll results are based on interviews with 662 adult Americans on March 4. The survey has a margin of sampling error of +/- 4 percentage points, except where noted. Question 1: Based on what you know and have seen in the news, how do you feel toward Monica Lewinsky, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton -- very sympathetic, somewhat sympathetic, somewhat unsympathetic, or very unsympathetic?Sympathetic Toward Monica Lewinsky?
Now Feb. 26-28
Yes 25% 26%
No 70 70
Sympathetic Toward Bill Clinton?
Now Feb. 26-28
Yes 28% 31%
No 67 65
Sympathetic Toward Hillary Clinton?
Now Feb. 26-28
Yes 68% 69%
No 29 27
Sympathetic Toward... Hillary Clinton 68% Bill Clinton 28 Monica Lewinsky 25 Question 2: Do you think each of the following words and phrases, which some people have used to describe Monica Lewinsky, apply or do not apply to her?
(A) Stalker Monica Lewinsky Is...
Yes No
Immature 77% 21%
Intelligent 58 38
Shameless 58 37
Seductress 56 38
Believable 49 45
Pretty 49 47
Bimbo 42 53
Stalker 26 68
Victim 25 73
Monica Lewinsky Is...
All Interview
Americans Watchers
Immature 77% 78%
Intelligent 58 66
Shameless 58 57
Seductress 56 59
Pretty 49 61
Believable 49 59
Bimbo 42 40
Stalker 26 28
Victim 25 26
(Editor's note: "Interview watchers" are people who say they saw all or some of the ABC interview with Lewinsky.) Question 3: Monica Lewinsky has recently stated she wants to have a sense of normalcy in her life again. Do you think she will or will not ever be able to lead a normal life again? Will Monica Lewinsky Ever Lead a Normal Life? Yes 38% No 60 Question 4: If Monica Lewinsky knew for certain that she could have an affair with a married man again and get away with it, do you think she would or would not do it? Another Affair If She Knew She Could Get Away With It? Yes 75% No 20 Question 5: From what you have heard or read, do you think Monica Lewinsky is more sorry for the problems she has caused others or more sorry for herself? Is Monica Lewinsky More Sorry For... Herself 70% Others 24 Question 6: What is your impression of how Monica Lewinsky feels about Bill Clinton -- (A) She was never in love with him, (B) She was in love with him but is now over him, or (C) She is still in love with him? Monica Lewinsky's Feelings for Clinton Never in love 30% Was in love 31 Still in love 33 Question 7: As you may know, a two-hour interview by Barbara Walters with Monica Lewinsky was aired on television Wednesday night. About how much of this interview did you happen to hear or watch -- all of the interview, some of it, only a little of it or none at all? How Much of Interview Did You See? All of it 19% Some of it 21 Only a little 19 None at all 41 Question 8: (Asked only of those who saw all or some of the interview) As a result of the interview Wednesday night, is your opinion of Monica Lewinsky better or worse than it was before? Interview Watchers' View Of Monica Lewinsky Better now 45% Worse now 30 No change 24 Sampling error: +/-6% pts |
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MORE STORIES:Friday, March 5, 1999
• Lewinsky book may force investigation of Starr's office • Poll: Bush tops Gore in hypothetical 2000 race • Clinton wishes Lewinsky well • Transcript: Clinton comments on Lewinsky book deal • Poll: Public remains unsympathetic to Lewinsky • Paula Jones' lawyers get lion's share of $850,000 settlement • Clinton to nominate civil rights chief for Senate confirmation • Sen. Connie Mack won't seek re-election • 'Mob Mouthpiece' enters Las Vegas mayoral race • Biography on Gore details struggles during impeachment • Three-story Lichtenstein sculpture to go up in D.C. • Democrats boycott Alabama Senate • Idea for school flexibility tangled in competing agendas • DeLay says he did not commit perjury in deposition • Democrats hit GOP plan for fiscal 2000 budget • Federal judge throws out Louisiana law on late-term abortion • Monica's career may benefit from scandal • New Hampshire takes step toward income tax • Cohen's wife interviews Clinton • Tripp demands apology from Moran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
