Remarkable: Polling On The Durham Investigation

I frankly would never have expected a major polling outfit to run a poll—and what looks like a fairly thorough poll—on John Durham’s Russia Hoax investigation. I mean, in terms of MSM coverage, Durham’s investigation is flying very much under the radar. Nevertheless, TIPP has done so. Not surprisingly, only 31% of respondents were even aware of Durham’s investigation, but TIPP pushed on and provided data on both those who were learning of the investigation and those who were already aware of it. Unfortunately, I was unable to discover the partisan breakdown of that 31%.

Paul Sperry has a lengthy discussion of the poll’s findings:

Poll Shows Independent Voters Want Durham to Probe Biden Aide

Some of the results were unsurprising in terms of the partisan breakdown, but others defied expectations. Here are excerpts from Sperry’s account that jumped out at me, but there’s more extended discussion at the link:

... only 3 in 10 Americans say they are aware that a special prosecutor is investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia “collusion” probe, according to a nationwide survey conducted this month by TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics (TIPP).

But of those who say they know of Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation, most say they want him to get to the bottom of whether the FBI opened investigations into several Trump campaign advisers during the 2016 election without proper “predication.”

Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of respondents say they want the Justice Department to renew Durham’s budget for another fiscal year, the TIPP poll found, and a whopping 81 percent want the department to release his final report to the public.

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TIPP asked the subset of survey respondents who said they were aware of Durham’s case if they think he should also question Hillary Clinton and her former top campaign officials—specifically, Jake Sullivan—as part of his investigation. ...

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…, nearly three-fourths of GOP respondents say Sullivan and other senior Clinton advisers should be interviewed by investigators, and 68 percent of independents agree. Among Democrats, 46 percent said they want to see Sullivan and other Clinton aides questioned.

The national survey also asked whether Durham should question former President Obama as part of his investigation. Of respondents who say they’re aware of the special counsel’s probe, 73 percent of Republicans, 67 percent of independents and 37 percent of Democrats answered yes.

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The vast majority of Republicans (70 percent) and independents (62 percent) want Durham to question Biden about his own role in the investigation of Trump. Democrats are less eager to see the head of their party dragged into the investigation. Only 36 percent said they want to see Biden interviewed.

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TIPP’s explanation for these somewhat surprising results is, to paraphrase, that many Americans remain somewhat naively idealistic—to a remarkable extent. They appear to believe that reform is possible:

“The data show more grassroots support for Durham’s investigation than the media has reported,” Mayur said in an interview. “It appears to be a matter of great import to Americans, regardless of party affiliation,” at least for the 31 percent of Americans who are aware of what Durham has been doing.

The pollster explained that “Americans want to have faith in and respect for the FBI. When there is a smidgen of irregularity, they want it exposed. They likely see a thorough Durham investigation settling the issue and putting closure to questions about the origins of the Russia probe.”