Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Yes, They DO Believe He Should Step Down . . .

Most voters say it’s time for Senator Al Franken to go if his accusers are right.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey shows that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters believe the Minnesota Democrat should resign from the Senate if the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him prove to be true. Just 27% disagree, while 17% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Even his fellow Democrats by a 45% to 37% margin think Franken should resign if the allegations are true. But that compares to 69% of Republicans and 52% of voters not affiliated with either major political party who believe Franken should quit.

Thirty-seven percent (37%) of all voters share a favorable opinion of the former Saturday Night Live writer who was elected to the Senate in 2008, although that includes only 11% with a Very Favorable one. Forty-two percent (42%) view Franken unfavorably, with 25% who hold a Very Unfavorable opinion of him. Twenty-one percent (21%) are undecided.

Franken has apologized to a broadcaster who accused him of forcibly kissing her and taking a photo in which he appears to touch her chest while she is asleep. A second accuser has now come forward.

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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on November 19-20, 2017 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.

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