Opinion regarding investigations into possible Russian efforts to influence election (June 2018)

Opinion regarding investigations into possible Russian efforts to influence election (June 2018)

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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"

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Mostly efforts to investigate interference42%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump45%
Don't know/No opinion13%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents . Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Mostly efforts to investigate interference77%39%11%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump9%37%81%
Don't know/No opinion13%24%8%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Mostly efforts to investigate interference78%61%85%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump10%17%5%
Don't know/No opinion12%22%10%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Mostly efforts to investigate interference8%21%8%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump87%65%87%
Don't know/No opinion5%15%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Mostly efforts to investigate interference85%44%13%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump9%29%78%
Don't know/No opinion6%27%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Mostly efforts to investigate interference80%84%91%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump11%11%6%
Don't know/No opinion9%5%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Mostly efforts to investigate interference25%12%7%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump65%78%84%
Don't know/No opinion10%9%9%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Mostly efforts to investigate interference82%13%12%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump8%80%86%
Don't know/No opinion10%7%2%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Mostly efforts to investigate interference39%57%46%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump55%15%36%
Don't know/No opinion7%28%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Mostly efforts to investigate interference39%45%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump52%39%
Don't know/No opinion9%16%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Mostly efforts to investigate interference49%44%27%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump32%47%62%
Don't know/No opinion18%9%11%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Mostly efforts to investigate interference40%48%41%39%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump36%35%50%56%
Don't know/No opinion24%17%9%5%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?"
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Mostly efforts to investigate interference22%37%41%38%48%58%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump32%43%50%49%47%39%
Don't know/No opinion46%19%9%13%6%3%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Mostly efforts to investigate interference33%41%45%67%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump54%44%39%27%
Don't know/No opinion13%15%16%7%
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    Respondents were asked, "Thinking about the investigations into Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, which comes closer to your point of view?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Mostly efforts to investigate interference30%38%69%
Mostly efforts to discredit Donald Trump54%55%23%
Don't know/No opinion16%8%7%

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