Analysis: A poll asked Republicans and Democrats their views on whether the two leaders handled documents appropriately. Rarely do we have situations that are analogous enough to provide a direct comparison of how much partisans defend their leaders.
a gap in how independents view them. While they said by a 13-point margin that Trump should be prosecuted — 52-39 — they actually oppose charging Biden by five points, 39-44.It bears emphasizing that while Republicans have objected to the Mar-a-Lago search, the Trump question in the poll didn’t involve the propriety of the search. It asked
broadly about his handling of classified documents. So even if Republicans thought the Mar-a-Lago search was overzealous, that wouldn’t really apply to the question at hand. It’s notable but not shocking that Republicans would rally to Trump’s cause here. Partisans are naturally more likely to give one of their own the benefit of the doubt, and the GOP’s partisans in particular have stuck with Trump through many other controversies.But rarely do we have situations that are analogous enough to provide such a direct comparison of how much partisans on each side are doing sticking by their leaders.
Either that or it suggests that many people simply don’t have an accurate sense of the details of each of the situations because of their media diet. Another recent poll, from Marquette University, asked people whether they believed Trump “had top secret and other classified material or national security documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago this summer.”
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