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Harsh Sentences
March 29, 2022 622 replies Error Margin: + – 4%
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Q1. In a speech in Poland Saturday, President Biden said of Russian President Putin, "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."

According to reports, the line was not in Biden's prepared remarks, and the White House downplayed it afterwards saying Biden wasn't discussing regime change, but that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors. What is your view of Biden's line? (Please choose two, one from each pair)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

He did mean regime change

71%
76%
66%
81%
78%
63%
76%
70%
74%
65%

He did not mean regime change

19%
19%
20%
6%
12%
33%
13%
28%
14%
24%
Group B

It's helpful that Biden said it

34%
31%
37%
14%
28%
54%
27%
33%
34%
41%

It's unhelpful that Biden said it

50%
51%
47%
66%
59%
33%
67%
44%
47%
44%

None of these

3%
1%
4%
1%
6%
4%
0%
0%
4%
5%

Don't care

3%
1%
4%
4%
0%
1%
7%
0%
1%
2%
Q2. On Sunday, Academy Awards host Chris Rock joked that Jada Pinkett Smith, who has publicly acknowledged dealing with a condition that causes hair loss, might be in the running for "G.I. Jane 2," a reference to the 1997 movie in which Demi Moore's character shaves her head.

Smith's husband Will Smith then went on stage and appeared to slap Rock in the face. Was the slap staged? And if not, who was in the wrong?
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+

It was staged

16%
19%
13%
22%
24%
8%
20%
8%
20%
10%

Rock was in the wrong

7%
8%
5%
3%
12%
9%
7%
8%
4%
10%

Smith was in the wrong

32%
39%
26%
38%
35%
27%
28%
31%
31%
39%

Both were in the wrong

34%
24%
45%
22%
24%
47%
28%
38%
37%
32%

Neither was in the wrong

3%
3%
4%
7%
6%
0%
4%
8%
0%

None of these

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

Don't care

7%
8%
7%
8%
6%
7%
9%
8%
4%
7%
Q3. According to reports, former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows turned text messages from conservative activist Ginni Thomas over to the Jan 6 Commission.

It is reported that in those texts, sent between the 2020 election and Jan 6, Thomas implores Meadows to take steps to overturn the election results, in one asking Meadows to “release the Kraken and save us from the left taking America down," referring to a series of steps some Trump supporters believed would overturn the result.

Ginni Thomas is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was the only justice that voted against allowing the release of records from the Trump White House related to the events of Jan 6. Generally speaking, and in this case, should spousal actions be grounds for a judge's recusal from a case? (Please check two, one from each pair)
male
female
rep
ind
dem
18-29
30-44
45-64
65+
Group A

Generally speaking, yes

56%
55%
59%
30%
47%
86%
40%
79%
60%
49%

Generally speaking, no

33%
35%
32%
53%
47%
13%
49%
13%
31%
44%
Group B

In this case, yes

55%
50%
59%
28%
47%
83%
51%
75%
49%
49%

In this case, no

24%
26%
24%
47%
35%
2%
36%
6%
26%
34%

None of these

2%
1%
3%
3%
0%
0%
2%
0%
4%
0%

Don't care

4%
7%
2%
8%
6%
1%
9%
4%
3%
2%
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