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Restore Public Trust Congressional Oversight Survey Findings Restore Public Trust Congressional Oversight Survey Findings 1 Key Findings Key Findings Americans are looking for more oversight of the Trump administration. They believe that the administration is unusually corrupt and has numerous serious ethical issues, and that Congress hasn’t done a good enough job in its role of holding the administration to account. Oversight should be bipartisan. Americans aren’t looking to just one party for oversight – they don’t believe it should be only the Democrats. Many believe that Republicans haven’t done enough because they are interested in protecting the administration. And overall, Americans want to see the parties cooperate on providing oversight. Investigate issues that affect regular people. While Americans support investigating all the individual issues with the Trump administration asked about here, including those about perks and self-enrichment, the most powerful issues are those that tie into hurting or abusing regular taxpayers. 3 Lay of the Land Methodology Global Strategy Group and GBA Strategies conducted an online survey of 1,011 registered voters nationwide from September 26th to 30th, 2018. Sub-groups of focus include: • Dem. partisans: Self-identified Democrats (46% of sample) • Independents: Self-identified independents (16% of sample) • Trump supporters: Voted for Trump in 2016 (41% of sample) • Non-Trump GOP: Self-identified Republicans unfavorable toward Trump (7% of sample) 5 Members of Trump’s cabinet are just as unpopular as he is, while individual members are less-defined; Congress and both parties are also deeply unpopular Favorability of Public Figures and Groups Favorable Don’t know Unfavorable Donald Trump 42 57 Democrats in Congress 39 6 55 Members of Donald Trump's Cabinet 37 9 54 Republicans in Congress 32 9 59 Congress 25 8 67 Mitch McConnell 25 27 48 Betsy DeVos 21 42 37 Elaine Chao 17 69 14 Sonny Perdue 14 74 12 Wilbur Ross 14 71 15 Mick Mulvaney 13 70 17 Ryan Zinke 11 73 16 Alex Azar 10 80 10 Robert Lighthizer 10 79 11 Brock Long 9 78 13 6 Aside from DeVos, who gets poor marks, Americans generally don’t know enough about individual administration officials to rate their performance Approval of Trump Administration Officials Approve Don’t know Disapprove Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education 28 29 43 Brock Long as Administrator of FEMA 28 47 25 Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation 26 53 21 Sonny Perdue as Secretary of Agriculture 24 54 22 Wilbur Ross as Secretary of Commerce 23 54 23 Mick Mulvaney as Acting Director of the CFPB 21 53 26 Alex Azar as the Secretary of Health and Human Services 20 56 24 Robert Lighthizer as U.S. Trade Representative 20 57 23 Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior 19 57 24 7 Corruption in the Trump Administration Americans believe that the Trump administration is unusually corrupt – even some Republicans believe so How serious is the administration’s corruption problem? Serious Not Serious Overall 65 42 very serious 35 Dem. partisans 94 69 very serious 6 Independents 66 35 very serious 34 Trump supporters 30 11 very serious 70 Non-Trump GOP 75 31 very serious 25 Compared to previous administrations, are senior officials in the administration today… More corrupt About the same Less corrupt Overall 50 30 20 Dem. partisans 81 14 5 Independents 40 49 11 Trump supporters 17 44 39 Non-Trump GOP 53 44 3 9 Americans believe that cover-ups, abuse of taxpayer dollars, and self- enrichment are the most serious problems in the Trump administration; strong Democratic partisan base intensity on humanitarian issues How serious do you think the following problems are in the Trump administration? % Very serious Very serious Somewhat serious Not serious Dem. Indep. Trump Non-Trump GOP Lying to cover up wrongdoing 56 22 22 80 53 30 46 Abusing taxpayer dollars on personal perks 51 27 21 69 48 33 44 Wasting taxpayer dollars through unnecessary or inefficient 51 31 19 67 53 32 48 spending Using their positions to enrich 69 50 32 47 themselves or family 51 28 22 Mishandling of humanitarian 48 24 28 76 37 18 45 issues Using their positions to enrich 66 38 25 42 donors or business associates 46 31 23 Using their positions to advance their own political agendas 45 32 23 63 44 24 33 10 Voters believe that lying to cover up wrongdoing is the highest priority for Congress to investigate Issues that should be investigated by Congress ranked by priority Non-Trump Total Dem. Indep. Trump GOP Mean score on 1-7 scale with 7 being “highest priority” 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.4 5.0 Senior administration officials lying to cover up wrongdoing 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.7 4.3 Senior administration officials wasting taxpayer dollars through unnecessary or inefficient spending Senior administration officials using their government positions to enrich themselves or family 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.1 members Senior administration officials abusing taxpayer dollars on personal perks like private flights and 4.1 3.8 4.3 4.4 3.7 expensive hotels Senior administration officials’ mishandling of humanitarian issues like the separation of immigrant 3.9 4.6 3.6 2.9 4.3 families and disaster relief after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico Senior administration officials using their government positions to enrich campaign donors or 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.6 business associates Senior administration officials using their government positions to advance their own political 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.1 agendas 11 Congressional Oversight of the Trump Administration Americans believe it is Congress’s responsibility to conduct oversight of the administration, and see it is failing at that job Should Congress be responsible for conducting oversight on senior officials in the presidential administration? Agree Disagree Overall 82 36 strongly agree 18 Dem. partisans 89 50 strongly agree 11 Independents 78 22 strongly agree 22 Trump supporters 76 21 strongly agree 24 Non-Trump GOP 79 24 strongly agree 21 Do you approve or disapprove of the job Congress is doing to conduct oversight of the Trump administration? Approve Don’t know Disapprove Overall 27 16 31 strongly disapprove 57 Dem. partisans 17 12 47 strongly disapprove 71 Independents 20 27 26 strongly disapprove 53 Trump supporters 42 18 13 strongly disapprove 40 Non-Trump GOP 26 15 18 strongly disapprove 59 13 And they believe ethical lapses in the administration are getting too little attention, and want them prioritized by Congress over the Russia investigation Which of these should be a higher priority for Congressional investigation? Possible corruption and ethics violations Investigate neither Possible relationship between the Trump campaign and Russia Overall 42 36 22 Dem. partisans 59 9 32 Independents 43 37 21 Trump supporters 18 69 12 Non-Trump GOP 54 20 26 Is Congress paying too much, too little, or the right amount of attention to ethics violations in the administration? Too much attention The right amount Too little attention Overall 31 21 48 Dem. partisans 7 19 74 Independents 32 17 50 Trump supporters 59 25 16 Non-Trump GOP 32 29 38 14 Americans are more inclined to trust the opposition party to hold the administration accountable – driven by self-identified Democrats Do you trust Democrats in Congress to conduct oversight on senior officials in the presidential administration? Trust Do not trust Overall 48 52 Dem. partisans 81 19 Independents 26 74 Trump supporters 20 80 Non-Trump GOP 26 74 Do you trust Republicans in Congress to conduct oversight on senior officials in the presidential administration? Trust Do not trust Overall 37 63 Dem. partisans 16 84 Independents 27 73 Trump supporters 66 34 Non-Trump GOP 42 58 15 Americans of all political stripes believe that oversight needs to be a bipartisan responsibility Which party should be conducting oversight of the presidential administration? Democrats Both Neither Republicans Overall 17 57 13 13 Dem. partisans 35 58 5 Independents 3 67 26 5 Trump supporters 4 53 17 26 Non-Trump GOP 73 16 10 16 Americans believe Congress has failed to provide adequate oversight, and they are more inclined to attack Republicans for lack of oversight than praise Democrats for their potential Statements About Congressional Oversight of the Trump Administration % Agree Agree Disagree Non-Trump Dem. Indep. Trump GOP Too many members of Congress are playing politics instead of working together to do their 93 84 85 87 job of conducting bipartisan oversight of the 88 62 strongly agree 12 Trump administration Republicans in Congress don’t want to conduct thorough oversight of the Trump administration 36 strongly agree because they don’t want to make the 64 36 89 64 35 77 administration look bad Senior officials in the Trump administration are taking advantage of Congress’s lack of oversight 60 33 strongly agree 40 88 56 30 53 by abusing their power in office Democrats would do a better job of conducting oversight of the Trump administration if they win 56 26 strongly agree 44 88 47 26 35 a majority in Congress 17 “Accountability” language is stronger among independents and non- Trump Republicans than providing “checks and balances” Statements About Congressional Oversight of the Trump Administration % Agree Non-Trump Agree Disagree Dem. Indep. Trump GOP Congress should do more to hold senior officials in the Trump administration 66 43 strongly agree 34 90 78 38 72 accountable Congress should provide more checks and balances on the Trump 66 42 strongly agree 34 91 58 37 55 administration 18 Oversight Priorities Wide majorities, including a majority of Trump supporters, want to see specific ethical issues investigated by Congress Support for Investigation of Individual Issues % Support Support Oppose Dem.
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