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‘BidenGate’? 69% of Voters See Serious Scandal

1. Fullgoldcrown says:

   May 11, 2023 - 2:57 pm at 2:57 pm

   Thursday, May 11, 2023

   New revelations from congressional investigators about foreign payments to President Joe Biden’s family are a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters.

   The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 69% of Likely U.S. voters believe accusations of foreign influence peddling by Biden and his family are a serious scandal, including 52% who say it’s a Very Serious scandal. Twenty-six percent (26%) don’t think the accusations are a serious scandal, including 15% who say it’s Not At All Serious. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

   New revelations from congressional investigators about foreign payments to President Joe Biden’s family are a serious scandal, according to a majority of voters.

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   Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters believe it is likely that Joe Biden personally profited from such a deal, including 44% who think it’s Very Likely. Twenty-nine percent (29%) don’t think it’s likely the president profited from a “pay-for-play scheme,” including 15% who say it’s Not At All Likely.

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   The survey of 982 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on May 8-10, 2023 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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   Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been a focus of investigations, but Comer said in a Sunday interview the scandal “is not just about the president’s son. This is about the entire Biden family, including the president of the United States.”

   Sixty-six percent (66%) of voters agree with Comer’s statement, including 51% who Strongly Agree the scandal “is about the entire Biden family.” Twenty-eight percent (28%) disagree, including 18% who Strongly Disagree with Comer’s statement.

   Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Republicans, 43% of Democrats and 72% of voters not affiliated with either major party at least somewhat agree with Comer’s statement that the scandal “is about the entire Biden family.”

   Eighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans, 44% of Democrats and 65% of unaffiliated voters think it’s at least somewhat likely that Joe Biden personally profited from a “pay-for-play scheme.”

   Eighty-eight percent (88%) of Republicans, 49% of Democrats and 72% of unaffiliated voters believe accusations of foreign influence peddling by Biden and his family are at least a somewhat serious scandal.

   Sixty-seven percent (67%) of whites, 75% of black voters and 72% of other minorities think the Biden family’s foreign-influence scandal is at least somewhat serious. Black voters are significantly less likely to Strongly Agree with Comer’s statement that the scandal “is about the entire Biden family.”

   Thirty-seven percent (37%) of voters under 40 consider the accusations of foreign influence peddling by Biden and his family to be a Very Serious scandal, compared to 59% of those ages 40-64 and 57% of voters 65 and older.

   Men (72%) are slightly more likely than women voters (65%) to think the Biden influence peddling scandal is at least somewhat serious.

   Breaking down the electorate by income categories, those in the highest bracket – earning more than $200,000 are most likely to say it is Very Likely that Joe Biden personally profited from a “pay-for-play scheme.”

   At a time when President Biden is negotiating with Congress over the debt ceiling, most voters don’t think the government is using tax dollars wisely, and would prefer a smaller government.

   A majority of Democratic voters would back President Biden for the party’s 2024 nomination, despite their admiration for challenger Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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2. silver fox says:

   May 11, 2023 - 4:08 pm at 4:08 pm

   The deep state prosecutor for Joe Biden: “These aren’t the droids you are looking for…move along.”

   https://youtu.be/ihyjXd2C-E8?t=43

3. pedro_deleon says:

   May 11, 2023 - 6:20 pm at 6:20 pm

   69% of voters?

   Well, that’s less than half the adults to start with.
   I would bet that half of these voters aren’t even aware of these allegations. They aren’t paying close attention.

   And among the rest, the cynicism now runs too deep to matter.