DIRECTIONS:



WHO DOES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BELIEVE?

DONALD TRUMP OR HIS FEMALE ACCUSERS

Researchers:

Murat Haner

Assistant Professor of Criminology

University of South Florida-Sarasota Manatee

Teresa C. Kulig

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Criminal Justice

University of Cincinnati

Francis T. Cullen

Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice

University of Cincinnati

Survey conducted by:

YouGov America, Inc.

October 17-24, 2017

1,000 Respondents

National Probability Sample

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RESULTS

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DIRECTIONS TO SAMPLE RESPONDENTS:

During the presidential election, at least 10 women came forward and disclosed that Donald Trump had used force to kiss them, had grabbed or groped them sexually, or had otherwise engaged in behavior that might have been viewed as a sexual assault.

Then a presidential candidate, Donald Trump denied these complaints and said that all the women were untruthful. He said that he had never engaged in any of these behaviors.

Given that Donald Trump is now the President of the United States, we wanted to understand how the American public feels about this matter. People have different views. There are no right or wrong answers. We are only asking about your opinion. When answering the questions that follow, just select the answer that most closely represents your views even if it does not match exactly.

|No. |SURVEY QUESTIONS |% |

| | | |

|Q1 |Which of the following statements best represents your view of claims that Donald Trump engaged in unwanted sexual conduct with a | |

| |number of women? | |

| | | |

| |I believe that Mr. Trump is telling the truth and that he said that he did not harass or sexually assault any of the women |19.0 |

| |Mr. Trump might have done something inappropriate but it was minor and not a sexual assault | |

| |I believe that the women are telling the truth when they reported that Mr. Trump sexually harassed or assaulted them |22.9 |

| | | |

|N = | |58.1 |

|994 | | |

| | | |

|Q2 |One criticism of Donald Trump’s accusers was that many of the alleged acts occurred years ago and they never reported them to their | |

| |bosses or the police. What is your view of this? | |

| | | |

| |Because the women did not file a report when the act supposedly occurred, I am more likely to believe Mr. Trump that nothing ever | |

| |occurred |32.1 |

| |Women who are sexually harassed or assaulted by powerful men, like Mr. Trump, do not report incidents to authorities because they | |

| |are afraid and think that nothing will be done |67.9 |

|N = | | |

|995 | | |

| | | |

|Q3 |During the presidential campaign, a video tape was released of Donald Trump telling television host Billy Bush that he often grabbed| |

| |women sexually. Mr. Trump said: “I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything…grab ‘em by | |

| |the pussy.” What do you think about this incident? | |

| | | |

| |Mr. Trump was engaging in “locker room” talk that all guys do, so it was no big deal | |

| |Mr. Trump was admitting that he sexually assaulted women, just as the 10 women who accused him of doing to them |37.6 |

| | | |

|N = | |62.4 |

|990 | | |

| | | |

|Q4 |To what extent do you agree with this statement: “Even if Donald Trump did something wrong, Hillary Clinton was more immoral, is a | |

| |crook, and should be locked up.” | |

| |Strongly agree |21.6 |

| |Agree |10.8 |

| |Agree a little |10.4 |

| |Disagree a little |10.0 |

|N = |Disagree |12.3 |

|998 |Strongly disagree |34.8 |

| | | |

| |Total Agree |42.9 |

| |Total Disagree |57.1 |

| | | |

|Q5 |Let us assume that the 10 women who accused Mr. Trump of sexual misconduct are telling the truth. If this were proven to be the | |

| |case, which of the following statements best represents your view? | |

| | | |

| |Mr. Trump should be impeached by the U.S. Congress and forced to resign as President | |

| |Mr. Trump should remain as president |65.5 |

|N = | | |

|991 | |34.5 |

| | | |

|Q6 |Donald Trump has claimed that he will be the best president ever for women—he has “tremendous respect” for women and he will do more| |

| |for women than any other president. To what extent do you agree with this statement? | |

| | | |

| |Strongly agree | |

| |Agree |10.4 |

| |Agree a little |13.5 |

| |Disagree a little |11.8 |

| |Disagree |8.0 |

|N= |Strongly disagree |9.8 |

|999 | |46.5 |

| |Total Agree | |

| |Total Disagree |35.7 |

| | |64.3 |

| | | |

|Q7 |Which of the following statements best describes how you felt the day after Donald Trump was elected president? | |

| | | |

| |I was happy because I thought he would be a great president and make America great again | |

| |I was depressed because I could not believe that my fellow Americans could elect a sexual predator to the presidency of the country |40.5 |

|N = |I love | |

|991 | |59.5 |

| | | |

|Q8 |The day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States, there was a Women’s March across the United States and| |

| |around the world. Which of the following statements best describes how you felt? | |

| | | |

| |The size of the Women’s March was exaggerated by the fake news and it made no difference anyway | |

| |The Women’s March showed that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of women were upset with Donald Trump and with the sexual |36.6 |

| |assaults that females often experience | |

| | |63.4 |

|N = | | |

|989 | | |

| | | |

|Q9 |Recently, Bill O’Reilly was forced out of Fox News Channel because of allegation of sexual harassment of women. Donald Trump | |

| |commented that he thought that Mr. O’Reilly was “a good person” and that “I don’t think Bill did anything wrong.” What is your | |

| |reaction to Mr. Trumps’ comments? | |

| | | |

| |It was a case of one sexual predator defending another sexual predator | |

| |It was a case of one falsely accused public figure defending another public figure he felt was being falsely accused |59.3 |

|N = | |40.7 |

|974 | | |

| | | |

|Q10 |Finally, remember that 10 women accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. What is the likelihood that all of them are lying? | |

| | | |

| |Highly likely | |

| |Likely |10.3 |

| |Unlikely |20.0 |

|N = |Highly unlikely |28.9 |

|997 | |40.8 |

| |Total Likely | |

| |Total Unlikely |30.3 |

| | |69.7 |

Table Note: Percentages reported may be affected by rounding. The number of respondents

answering each question differs and is listed.

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