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December 2, 2021 320 replies Error Margin: + – 5%
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Q1. On Monday, more than two years after convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in a jail cell, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell went on trial in Manhattan. Maxwell, who was arrested in July 2020, faces charges that include sex trafficking of a minor and enticing and transporting minors to engage in illegal sex acts. Your view? (Please choose three, one from each of A, B and C)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Maxwell is guilty of these charges

84%
84%
85%
80%
84%
88%
70%
83%
90%
83%
84%

Maxwell is not guilty of these charges

2%
2%
0%
3%
0%
1%
0%
0%
3%
2%
2%
Group B

Maxwell will be found guilty of these charges

72%
64%
81%
68%
68%
77%
45%
60%
83%
81%
72%

Maxwell will not be found guilty of these charges

12%
19%
6%
18%
11%
5%
15%
17%
8%
10%
12%
Group C

Epstein killed himself in jail

25%
22%
28%
17%
26%
33%
25%
23%
28%
19%
25%

Epstein was murdered in jail

60%
67%
55%
73%
57%
50%
50%
63%
56%
69%
60%

Epstein did not die in jail

2%
2%
1%
1%
5%
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
2%

None of these

1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
1%

Don't know

7%
6%
6%
7%
5%
6%
20%
6%
4%
5%
7%

Don't care

4%
1%
7%
3%
0%
6%
15%
6%
1%
2%
4%
Q2. The prosecution described how Maxwell "groomed" girls for Epstein, taking them on shopping trips, asking about their lives, and generally winning their trust so they could later be molested by Epstein. The defense said that what prosecution describes as "grooming" was lawful conduct, and that Maxwell is a "scapegoat" for Epstein's actions. Your view? (Please choose two, one from each of A and B)
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Actions described as "grooming" are not illegal, nor should they be

13%
16%
9%
18%
16%
8%
0%
23%
8%
14%
13%

Actions described as "grooming" are not illegal, but should be

30%
33%
27%
28%
42%
28%
35%
23%
27%
38%
30%

Actions described as "grooming" are illegal, and should be

48%
49%
47%
49%
42%
49%
40%
54%
55%
36%
48%

Actions described as "grooming" are illegal, but should not be

3%
2%
3%
1%
0%
5%
0%
6%
3%
2%
3%
Group B

Maxwell is a scapegoat for Epstein's actions

15%
17%
14%
17%
21%
13%
20%
17%
14%
12%
15%

Maxwell is not a scapegoat for Epstein's actions

74%
74%
74%
72%
57%
82%
50%
74%
79%
76%
74%

None of these

1%
0%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
1%

Don't know

7%
4%
8%
4%
11%
8%
25%
0%
3%
5%
7%

Don't care

3%
1%
5%
3%
0%
3%
10%
0%
3%
0%
3%
Q3. Maxwell has been detained in a Brooklyn jail since her arrest eighteen months ago. Your view?
overall
custom
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

She should have been detained and denied bail

75%
77%
76%
73%
63%
79%
55%
80%
79%
74%
75%

She should have been able to be released with bail

19%
21%
16%
20%
21%
17%
25%
20%
15%
21%
19%

She should have been released without bail

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

None of these

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Don't know

4%
1%
5%
4%
11%
1%
5%
3%
4%
2%
4%

Don't care

2%
1%
3%
1%
0%
3%
10%
0%
1%
0%
2%

Related Fat Finger Polls

Sickle Cell Amnesia, August 2019

36% believe Epstein committed suicide in jail

16% believe he was killed by business interests
8% believe he was killed by Republican interests
25% believe he was killed by Democratic interests

43% say we will eventually know what happened regarding Epstein's death, 48% say we won't

55%-61% believe the accusations that Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz and Glenn Dubin engaged in sex with a 15 yr-old girl while she was Epstein's "sex slave"

65% say the Epstein story is an important one

Visitor's Gallery, March 2020

27% said bank CEO Jes Staley's visits (in the company of his wife) to Epstein's island should disqualify Staley from his job.
44% said they should not

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• New York City
• Jeffrey Epstein
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