Do Voters Think A Candidate Should Quit If Indicted?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Do Voters Think A Candidate Should Quit If Indicted?

Monday, January 11, 2016

A former federal prosecutor recently made headlines with his prediction that Hillary Clinton will be indicted soon for trafficking in classified information on a private e-mail server while working as secretary of State. But should a criminal indictment put Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on hold? Just over half of Democrats say no.

Forty-six percent (46%) of all Likely U.S. Voters think a political candidate who is charged with a felony while running for office should immediately stop campaigning. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just as many (47%) feel that candidate should continue running until a court determines their guilt or innocence.

It is important to note that Rasmussen Reports did not include the name of any candidate or include any details in the question that would suggest a specific individual. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Fifty-four percent (54%) of Republicans think a candidate charged with a felony should stop campaigning at once, while 41% disagree. Among Democrats, those findings are reversed: Only 40% say the candidate should quit campaigning, but 53% think they should keep running until a court determines their guilt or innocence. Voters not affiliated with either major party are evenly divided.

Following their third debate in mid-December, the race between Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination is closer than ever, but she is the heavy favorite among voters who are already certain of their vote in 2016. Sanders continues to hold a slight edge over Clinton among Democrats under 40, but Clinton leads by double digits among older voters.

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on January 6-7, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of voters think it’s likely Clinton broke the law by sending and receiving e-mails containing classified information through a private e-mail server while serving as secretary of State, with 42% who say it’s Very Likely.

While women consistently have been more supportive of Clinton’s candidacy than men, female voters also believe more strongly that a candidate who is charged with a felony should immediately stop campaigning.

Blacks feel more strongly than whites and other minority voters that an indicted candidate should keep running until a court determines his or her innocence.

Among voters who Strongly Approve of President Obama’s job performance, 53% say a candidate who is indicted should keep running until the courts decide. A similar number (54%) of those who Strongly Disapprove of the job the president is doing say that candidate should immediately stop campaigning.

A year ago, with the president’s immigration amnesty plan and national health care law subject to legal challenges, 43% of Democrats said the president should have the right to ignore the courts, and only 35% disagreed. Among all voters, 60% said Obama should not have the right to ignore the courts.

Just 31% of voters trust Clinton.

Voters by a two-to-one margin believe Clinton has not been honest in her disclosures and testimony related to the attack in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012 that led to the murder of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

In recent months, however, much of the public controversy surrounding the Benghazi investigation has focused on the discovery of Clinton’s use of a private, non-government email server while she was secretary of State. Fifty-two percent (52%) of voters believe Clinton’s use of the private server provider for issues at the highest levels of the U.S. government raises serious national security concerns, and 45% think she deliberately used the private email account to hide things from government oversight.

Still, our most recent monthly Hillary Meter finds that 87% of Democrats think Clinton is likely to be their party’s presidential nominee in 2016, with 56% who say it is Very Likely.

Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2016/do_voters_think_a_candidate_should_quit_if_indicted

[Teddy B 17,252]

Do Voters Think A Candidate Should Quit If Indicted?

Forty-six percent (46%) of all Likely U.S. Voters think a political candidate who is charged with a felony while running for office should immediately stop campaigning.

Wonder where the poll takers got the list of 2012 Republican voters?

Edited January 11, 2016 by Teddy B

[Darnell 8,479]

Query - Does the Monthly Hillary Meter require re-application of lube? Gotta fix the butt-hurt somehow !

[Teddy B 17,252]

Query - Does the Monthly Hillary Meter require re-application of lube? Gotta fix the butt-hurt somehow !

It's gonna be a long and rough 4 years for some peeps here if Hillary gets in.

[lostinblue 1,989]

It's gonna be a long and rough 4 years for some peeps here if Hillary gets in.

FBI's Clinton probe expands to public corruption track

EXCLUSIVE: The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of private email as secretary of state has expanded to look at whether the possible “intersection” of Clinton Foundation work and State Department business may have violated public corruption laws, three intelligence sources not authorized to speak on the record told Fox News.

This new investigative track is in addition to the focus on classified material found on Clinton’s personal server.

"The agents are investigating the possible intersection of Clinton Foundation donations, the dispensation of State Department contracts and whether regular processes were followed," one source said.

The development follows press reports over the past year about the potential overlap of State Department and Clinton Foundation work, and questions over whether donors benefited from their contacts inside the administration.

The Clinton Foundation is a public charity, known as a 501©(3). It had grants and contributions in excess of $144 million in 2013, the most current available data.

Inside the FBI, pressure is growing to pursue the case.

One intelligence source told Fox News that FBI agents would be “screaming” if a prosecution is not pursued because “many previous public corruption cases have been made and successfully prosecuted with much less evidence than what is emerging in this investigation.”

The FBI is particularly on edge in the wake of how the case of former CIA Director David Petraeus was handled.

One of the three sources said some FBI agents felt Petraeus was given a slap on the wrist for sharing highly classified information with his mistress and biographer Paula Broadwell, as well as lying to FBI agents about his actions. Petraeus pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in March 2015 after a two-plus-year federal investigation in which Attorney General Eric Holder initially declined to prosecute.

In the Petraeus case, the exposure of classified information was assessed to be limited.

By contrast, in the Clinton case, the number of classified emails has risen to at least 1,340. A 2015 appeal by the State Department to challenge the “Top Secret” classification of at least two emails failed and, as Fox News first reported, is now considered a settled matter.

It is unclear which of the two lines of inquiry was opened first by the FBI and whether they eventually will be combined and presented before a special grand jury. One intelligence source said the public corruption angle dates back to at least April 2015. On their official website, the FBI lists "public corruption as the FBI's top criminal priority."

Fox News is told that about 100 special agents assigned to the investigations also were asked to sign non-disclosure agreements, with as many as 50 additional agents on “temporary duty assignment,” or TDY. The request to sign a new NDA could reflect that agents are handling the highly classified material in the emails, or serve as a reminder not to leak about the case, or both.

"The pressure on the lead agents is brutal," a second source said. "Think of it like a military operation, you might need tanks called in along with infantry."

Separately, a former high-ranking State Department official emphasized to Fox News that Clinton’s deliberate non-use of her government email address may be increasingly “significant.”

“It is virtually automatic when one comes on board at the State Department to be assigned an email address,” the source said.

“It would have taken an affirmative act not to have one assigned ... and it would also mean it was all planned out before she took office. This certainly raises questions about the so-called legal advice she claimed to have received from inside the State Department that what she was doing was proper."

On Sunday, when asked about her email practices while secretary of state, Clinton insisted to CBS News’ "Face The Nation," "there is no there, there."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/11/fbis-clinton-probe-expands-to-public-corruption-track.html

First Candidate Nominated in an Orange Jumpsuit

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Innocent until proven guilty

[Sousuke 1,214]

I think Bernie will win it all at this point. Seriously.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Innocent until proven guilty

Real Patriots believe that it is guilty before charges are even filed. Aren't you worried that you will find yourself in the cross hairs when President Trump restarts the House UnAmerican Activities Commission?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Real Patriots believe that it is guilty before charges are even filed. Aren't you worried that you will find yourself in the cross hairs when President Trump restarts the House UnAmerican Activities Commission?

Trump's like a spoiled rich kid, who'll start swinging her doll when she don't get her way, in this case doll=U.S.

He'll overturn and tread on anything he can. He's above rules.

He's the anti-Christ. ....

[Darnell 8,479]

Innocent until proven guilty

You are no fun today ! Did you have a cranky or crabby weekend? I know I did !

[Darnell 8,479]

Real Patriots believe that it is guilty before charges are even filed. Aren't you worried that you will find yourself in the cross hairs when President Trump restarts the House UnAmerican Activities Commission?

Oh Come On, it's not that bad ! Janelle only has 3 things considered UnAmerican. The bar is 10. If'n there were 10 things from the list, she'd be getting busy, getting ready for her special interview.

Don't scare the poor lass, it's not a cool thing !

[Dakine10 5,452]

Do Voters Think A Candidate Should Quit If Indicted?

Not when so many of the indictments are partisan in nature. Prove them guilty first.

In the meantime, no one is forced to vote for them. If that's not enough - it's probably time to blow the whole political system up and start over.

Edited January 11, 2016 by Dakine10

[Janelle2002 3,865]

You are no fun today ! Did you have a cranky or crabby weekend? I know I did !

I'm worried. Trump don't want people like me here. .. he wants to take back America. Lol

[Darnell 8,479]

I'm worried. Trump don't want people like me here. .. he wants to take back America. Lol

what the heck ? is he pointedly chasing after yer demographic ? That massively sucks !

[GandD 5,966]

I didn't realize she was an immigrant......