Both black voters and other minority voters are more convinced than white voters that most reporters are trying to help impeach President Donald Trump, rather than report the news fairly – with a majority of each of the three groups holding that view – a new Rasmussen Reports survey reveals.
In the national voter survey, conducted November 12-13, 53% of all voters said most reporters are trying to help impeach Trump:
“When they write or talk about the impeachment effort, are most reporters trying to help impeach President Trump or block his impeachment? Or are most reporters simply interested in reporting the news in an unbiased manner?”:
- “Help impeach President Trump”: 53%
- “Block his impeachment”: 8%
- Report “news in an unbiased an unbiased manner”: 32%
But, 53% of black voters and 60% of other minorities, compared to 51% of whites, said reporters are trying to get Trump rather than report the news fairly.
What’s more, 58% of voters who say they are watching impeachment news “very closely” believe that most journalists are trying to help impeach the president, while only 34% say they’re just trying to report unbiased news.
The survey of 1,000 likely voters has a margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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