Analysis: Do Americans think Mueller’s probe is a witch hunt? Depends on how you ask.
President Trump at the White House on Monday. By Emily Guskin and Emily Guskin Polling analyst at The Washington Post specializing in public opinion about politics, elections and public policy. Email Bio Follow Scott Clement Scott Clement Polling director Email Bio Follow March 18 at 6:33 PM On Monday, President Trump tweeted about a new survey finding released earlier in the day. He said that a poll found that “50% of Americans AGREE that Robert Mueller’s investigation is a Witch Hunt.
There are a lot of ways to ask a question such as this, and it’s useful to measure whether Americans share Trump’s skepticism of the Mueller investigation. But this question and its interpretation skirt a couple of best practices for opinion-poll question wording, as highlighted by Monmouth University Polling Institute director Patrick Murray in several tweets.
Lastly, while the question articulates Trump’s criticism of investigations, it does not offer an alternative view that counters Trump’s opinion — that the investigation is not a witch hunt or that the president has not been subject to more investigations than past presidents. Doing so would provide respondents with a more balanced choice between high-profile arguments.
A Washington Post-Schar School poll that same month also found more saying that Mueller was “mainly interested in finding out the truth” than “hurting Trump politically” .
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