Questions - White House Scandals - May 19-20, 2013
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National Survey of 1,000 U.S. Likely Voters
Conducted May 19-20, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
A number of controversies are swirling around the White House at the moment.
I’m going to read you a short list of topics and ask you to rate whether you
consider each a serious scandal, an embarrassing situation but not a scandal or
no big deal:
The Internal Revenue
Service’s targeting of conservative political organizations.
The Department of
Justice secret subpoenas of reporters’ phone records.
The
White House’s explanation of what happened when the U.S. ambassador was killed
in Benghazi, Libya last year.
2* Looking
ahead a year from today, how likely is it that any of these controversies will
still be a major news story?
3* (Only
answered by those who say any of these controversies are at least somewhat
likely to be a major news stories a year from today -- 546 Likely Voters) Which
story is most likely to still be in the news a year from today— the IRS
targeting of conservative political organizations, the Justice Department’s
secret subpoenas of reporters’ phone records or the White House’s handling of
the Benghazi situation?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence