Rasmussen: Americans Heavily Divided Over Trump’s Wiretapping Claim

Monica Sanchez | March 8, 2017
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President Trump threw Washington and the news media into a frenzy over the weekend with a series of tweets accusing the Obama administration of wiretapping Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 election.

Americans are divided over whether such a claim could be true.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that while most Republican respondents are in agreement that the wiretapping could have taken place, Americans overall are split on the issue.

The survey found that 44 percent of all likely U.S. voters consider it likely that Obama ordered electronic surveillance of Trump’s campaign headquarters, with 26 percent who say it’s “very likely.”

Fifty-three percent (53%) say the claim is unlikely, with 40 percent who say it’s “not at all likely.”

Among voters not affiliated with either party, there is an even 50-50 split.

Most Republicans (73%) view the wiretapping as likely, with 47 percent who say it’s “very likely.”

An overwhelming majority of Democrats (83%) think it is unlikely that the wiretapping could have taken place, with 69 percent who view it as “not at all likely.”

The poll results come as the House Intelligence Committee gears up to investigate Trump’s wiretapping claim as a part of its existing investigation of Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

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